Words that rhyme with assurance

• appetence 2
  n 1: a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks [syn: appetite, appetency, appetence]
• exorbitance 2
  n 1: excessive excess [syn: exorbitance, outrageousness]
• maintenance 2
  n 1: activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care" [syn: care, maintenance, upkeep] 2: means of maintenance of a family or group 3: court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated [syn: alimony, maintenance] 4: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment" [syn: sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep] 5: the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community; "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit" [syn: maintenance, criminal maintenance]
• aberrance 0
  n 1: a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance]
• abeyance 0
  n 1: temporary cessation or suspension [syn: abeyance, suspension]
• abhorrence 0
  n 1: hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium]
• abidance 0
  n 1: acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" [syn: conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance] [ant: disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity] 2: the act of dwelling in a place [syn: residency, residence, abidance] 3: the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)
• absorbance 0
  n 1: (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation [syn: optical density, transmission density, photographic density, absorbance]
• abstinence 0
  n 1: the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) [syn: abstinence, abstention] 2: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
• abundance 0
  n 1: the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance" [syn: abundance, copiousness, teemingness] [ant: scarceness, scarcity] 2: (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present 3: (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million
• acceptance 0
  n 1: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years" [syn: credence, acceptance] 2: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" [syn: adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal] 3: the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" [ant: rejection] 4: (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract) 5: banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank [syn: acceptance, banker's acceptance] 6: a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace" [syn: toleration, acceptance, sufferance] 7: the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"
• accidence 0
  n 1: the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words [syn: inflectional morphology, accidence]
• accordance 0
  n 1: concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal" [syn: accord, conformity, accordance] 2: the act of granting rights; "the accordance to Canada of rights of access" [syn: accordance, accordance of rights]
• acquaintance 0
  n 1: personal knowledge or information about someone or something [syn: acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy] 2: a relationship less intimate than friendship [syn: acquaintance, acquaintanceship] 3: a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" [syn: acquaintance, friend] [ant: alien, stranger, unknown]
• acquiescence 0
  n 1: acceptance without protest 2: agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" [syn: assent, acquiescence]
• adherence 0
  n 1: faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive" [syn: attachment, adherence, adhesion] 2: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion" [syn: adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond]
• admittance 0
  n 1: the right to enter [syn: entree, access, accession, admission, admittance] 2: the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" [syn: admission, admittance]
• advertence 0
  n 1: the process of being heedful [syn: advertence, advertency]
• affiance 0
  v 1: give to in marriage [syn: betroth, engage, affiance, plight]
• affluence 0
  n 1: abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty" [syn: affluence, richness]
• alliance 0
  n 1: the state of being allied or confederated [syn: alliance, confederation] 2: a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them" [syn: alliance, bond] 3: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement] [ant: nonalignment, nonalinement] 4: a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim 5: the act of forming an alliance or confederation [syn: confederation, alliance]
• allowance 0
  n 1: an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period); "travel allowance"; "my weekly allowance of two eggs"; "a child's allowance should not be too generous" 2: a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses 3: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit" [syn: allowance, adjustment] 4: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits [syn: allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance] 5: a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets [syn: valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance, allowance account] 6: the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room" v 1: put on a fixed allowance, as of food
• annoyance 0
  n 1: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration] 2: anger produced by some annoying irritation [syn: annoyance, chafe, vexation] 3: an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating [syn: aggravator, annoyance] 4: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass] 5: the act of troubling or annoying someone [syn: annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation]
• antecedence 0
  n 1: preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency] [ant: posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness]
• appearance 0
  n 1: outward or visible aspect of a person or thing [syn: appearance, visual aspect] 2: the event of coming into sight [ant: disappearance] 3: formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action [syn: appearance, appearing, coming into court] 4: a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" 5: the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America" [ant: disappearance, disappearing] 6: pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show" [syn: appearance, show]
• appliance 0
  n 1: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget] 2: durable goods for home or office use
• appurtenance 0
  n 1: equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. [syn: gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance] 2: a supplementary component that improves capability [syn: accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on]
• arrogance 0
  n 1: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness]
• ascendance 0
  n 1: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" [syn: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control]
• assistance 0
  n 1: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" [syn: aid, assist, assistance, help] 2: a resource; "visual aids in teaching" [syn: aid, assistance, help]
• assonance 0
  n 1: the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words [syn: assonance, vowel rhyme]
• attendance 0
  n 1: the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) [syn: attendance, attending] [ant: nonattendance] 2: the frequency with which a person is present; "a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade" 3: the number of people that are present; "attendance was up by 50 per cent"
• avoidance 0
  n 1: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening [syn: avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging]
• belligerence 0
  n 1: hostile or warlike attitude or nature [syn: belligerence, belligerency] 2: a natural disposition to be hostile [syn: aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity]
• cadence 0
  n 1: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence] 2: the close of a musical section 3: a recurrent rhythmical series [syn: cadence, cadency]
• capacitance 0
  n 1: an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored [syn: capacitance, electrical capacity, capacity] 2: an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge [syn: capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser]
• circumference 0
  n 1: the size of something as given by the distance around it [syn: circumference, perimeter] 2: the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe" [syn: circumference, circuit] 3: the length of the closed curve of a circle
• circumstance 0
  n 1: a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity 2: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" [syn: context, circumstance, setting] 3: information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take" [syn: circumstance, condition, consideration] 4: formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"
• clairvoyance 0
  n 1: apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses [syn: clairvoyance, second sight, extrasensory perception, E.S.P., ESP]
• clearance 0
  n 1: the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them 2: vertical space available to allow easy passage under something [syn: headroom, headway, clearance] 3: permission to proceed; "the plane was given clearance to land"
• coexistence 0
  n 1: existing peacefully together
• coherence 0
  n 1: the state of cohering or sticking together [syn: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness] [ant: incoherence, incoherency] 2: logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts [syn: coherence, coherency]
• coincidence 0
  n 1: an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental [syn: coincidence, happenstance] 2: the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs" 3: the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" [syn: concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence]
• comeuppance 0
  n 1: an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved [syn: deserts, comeuppance, comeupance]
• competence 0
  n 1: the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually [syn: competence, competency] [ant: incompetence, incompetency]
• complacence 0
  n 1: the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself; "his complacency was absolutely disgusting" [syn: complacency, complacence, self-complacency, self- satisfaction]
• compliance 0
  n 1: acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" [syn: conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance] [ant: disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity] 2: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference] 3: the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another [syn: submission, compliance]
• concomitance 0
  n 1: occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another
• concordance 0
  n 1: a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole [syn: harmony, concord, concordance] 2: agreement of opinions [syn: harmony, concord, concordance] 3: an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts
• concurrence 0
  n 1: agreement of results or opinions [syn: concurrence, concurrency] 2: acting together, as agents or circumstances or events [syn: concurrence, concurrency] 3: a state of cooperation [syn: concurrence, meeting of minds] 4: the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" [syn: concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence]
• conductance 0
  n 1: a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
• conference 0
  n 1: a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) 2: an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members [syn: league, conference] 3: a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic [syn: conference, group discussion]
• confidence 0
  n 1: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority" [syn: assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness] 2: a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned" [ant: diffidence, self-distrust, self- doubt] 3: a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy" 4: a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust" [syn: confidence, trust] 5: a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"
• confluence 0
  n 1: a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" [syn: confluence, meeting] 2: a flowing together [syn: confluence, conflux, merging] 3: a coming together of people [syn: concourse, confluence]
• conformance 0
  n 1: correspondence in form or appearance [syn: conformity, conformance]
• congruence 0
  n 1: the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate [syn: congruity, congruousness, congruence] [ant: incongruity, incongruousness]
• consistence 0
  n 1: a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts [syn: consistency, consistence] [ant: inconsistency] 2: the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" [syn: consistency, consistence, eubstance, body]
• consonance 0
  n 1: the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words [syn: consonance, consonant rhyme] 2: the property of sounding harmonious [syn: consonance, harmoniousness]
• continence 0
  n 1: the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters [syn: continence, continency] 2: voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge
• continuance 0
  n 1: the act of continuing an activity without interruption [syn: continuance, continuation] [ant: discontinuance, discontinuation] 2: the period of time during which something continues [syn: duration, continuance] 3: the property of enduring or continuing in time [syn: duration, continuance]
• contrivance 0
  n 1: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget] 2: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem" 3: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" [syn: contrivance, stratagem, dodge] 4: an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" 5: any improvised arrangement for temporary use [syn: lash-up, contrivance] 6: the act of devising something [syn: devisal, contrivance]
• conveyance 0
  n 1: document effecting a property transfer 2: the transmission of information [syn: conveyance, imparting, impartation] 3: something that serves as a means of transportation [syn: conveyance, transport] 4: act of transferring property title from one person to another [syn: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying] 5: the act of moving something from one location to another [syn: transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance]
• correspondence 0
  n 1: communication by the exchange of letters 2: compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence" [syn: agreement, correspondence] 3: the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount [syn: commensurateness, correspondence, proportionateness] 4: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane [syn: symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance] [ant: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance] 5: similarity by virtue of corresponding [syn: parallelism, correspondence]
• countenance 0
  n 1: the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage" [syn: countenance, visage] 2: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur] 3: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) [syn: countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug] v 1: consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" [syn: permit, allow, let, countenance] [ant: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto]
• credence 0
  n 1: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years" [syn: credence, acceptance] 2: a kind of sideboard or buffet [syn: credenza, credence]
• decadence 0
  n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency]
• deference 0
  n 1: a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean" [syn: deference, respect] 2: courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy" [syn: deference, respect, respectfulness] 3: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference]
• defiance 0
  n 1: intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude [syn: defiance, rebelliousness] 2: a hostile challenge 3: a defiant act
• deliverance 0
  n 1: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [syn: rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving]
• dependence 0
  n 1: the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else [syn: dependence, dependance, dependency] 2: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation]
• despondence 0
  n 1: feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless [syn: despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness]
• deterrence 0
  n 1: a negative motivational influence [syn: disincentive, deterrence] [ant: incentive, inducement, motivator] 2: a communication that makes you afraid to try something [syn: determent, deterrence, intimidation] 3: the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety
• difference 0
  n 1: the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock" [ant: sameness] 2: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" [syn: deviation, divergence, departure, difference] 3: a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" [syn: dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict] 4: a significant change; "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference" 5: the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend [syn: remainder, difference]
• diffidence 0
  n 1: lack of self-confidence [syn: diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust] [ant: confidence]
• disappearance 0
  n 1: the act of leaving secretly or without explanation [syn: disappearance, disappearing] [ant: appearance] 2: the event of passing out of sight [ant: appearance] 3: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: fade, disappearance] 4: ceasing to exist; "he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula"; "what was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?"; "the disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures"
• discontinuance 0
  n 1: the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) [syn: discontinuance, discontinuation] [ant: continuance, continuation]
• discordance 0
  n 1: a harsh mixture of sounds [syn: discordance, discord] 2: strife resulting from a lack of agreement [syn: discord, discordance]
• discountenance 0
  v 1: look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends" 2: show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"
• disinheritance 0
  n 1: the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
• dissidence 0
  n 1: disagreement; especially disagreement with the government
• dissonance 0
  n 1: a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters [syn: disagreement, dissension, dissonance] [ant: accord, agreement] 2: the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [syn: noise, dissonance, racket] 3: disagreeable sounds [ant: harmony]
• distance 0
  n 1: the property created by the space between two objects or points 2: a distant region; "I could see it in the distance" 3: size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points" [syn: distance, length] 4: indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance" [syn: distance, aloofness] 5: the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" [syn: distance, space] 6: a remote point in time; "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details" v 1: keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living" 2: go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners" [syn: outdistance, outstrip, distance]
• disturbance 0
  n 1: activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption; "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function" [syn: perturbation, disturbance] 2: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation, upset] 3: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle] 4: a noisy fight [syn: affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle] 5: the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion 6: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness [syn: mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie] 7: electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication [syn: noise, interference, disturbance]
• dominance 0
  n 1: superior development of one side of the body [syn: laterality, dominance] 2: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" [syn: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control] 3: the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not 4: the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state" [syn: authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so]
• durance 0
  n 1: imprisonment (especially for a long time)
• effluence 0
  n 1: the process of flowing out [syn: outflow, effluence, efflux] [ant: inflow, influx]
• elegance 0
  n 1: a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" [ant: inelegance] 2: a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics); "the simplicity and elegance of his invention"
• eminence 0
  n 1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence" [syn: eminence, distinction, preeminence, note] 2: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament [syn: tuberosity, tubercle, eminence]
• encumbrance 0
  n 1: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus] 2: a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) [syn: encumbrance, incumbrance] 3: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference]
• endurance 0
  n 1: the power to withstand hardship or stress; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance" 2: a state of surviving; remaining alive [syn: survival, endurance]
• entrance 0
  n 1: something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" [syn: entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree] 2: a movement into or inward [syn: entrance, entering] 3: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming] v 1: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant] 2: put into a trance [syn: entrance, spellbind]
• essence 0
  n 1: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty] 2: any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted 3: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist] 4: a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor [syn: perfume, essence]
• evidence 0
  n 1: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" [syn: evidence, grounds] 2: an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear" 3: (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved v 1: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence] 2: provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" [syn: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show] 3: give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague" [syn: tell, evidence]
• existence 0
  n 1: the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" [syn: being, beingness, existence] [ant: nonbeing, nonentity, nonexistence] 2: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm]
• extravagance 0
  n 1: the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth; "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description" [syn: extravagance, extravagancy] 2: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance, prodigality, profligacy] 3: excessive spending [syn: extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life]
• exuberance 0
  n 1: joyful enthusiasm 2: overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval [syn: exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience]
• flamboyance 0
  n 1: extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance" [syn: flamboyance, floridness, floridity, showiness]
• forbearance 0
  n 1: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence [syn: patience, forbearance, longanimity] [ant: impatience] 2: a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"
• forbiddance 0
  n 1: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding] 2: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" [syn: prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance]
• fourpence 0
  n 1: a former English silver coin worth four pennies [syn: fourpence, groat]

See also assurance definition and assurance synonyms