Words that rhyme with coinsurance

• credence 1
  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]
• 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]
• 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"
• 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]
• 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
• 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]
• grievance 0
  n 1: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" [syn: grudge, score, grievance] 2: an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice 3: a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
• guidance 0
  n 1: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action [syn: guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction] 2: the act of guiding or showing the way [syn: guidance, steering] 3: the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" [syn: steering, guidance, direction]
• hindrance 0
  n 1: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap] 2: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference] 3: the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding [syn: hindrance, hinderance, interference]
• instance 0
  n 1: an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn: case, instance, example] 2: an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10" [syn: example, illustration, instance, representative] v 1: clarify by giving an example of [syn: exemplify, illustrate, instance]
• occurrence 0
  n 1: an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event] 2: an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"
• penance 0
  n 1: remorse for your past conduct [syn: repentance, penitence, penance] 2: a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution 3: voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing [syn: penance, self-mortification, self- abasement]
• pittance 0
  n 1: an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"
• preference 0
  n 1: a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" [syn: preference, penchant, predilection, taste] 2: a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation" [syn: predilection, preference, orientation] 3: the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake" [syn: preference, druthers] 4: grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)
• prudence 0
  n 1: discretion in practical affairs [ant: imprudence] 2: knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion" [syn: discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence]
• puissance 0
  n 1: power to influence or coerce; "the puissance of the labor vote"
• quittance 0
  n 1: a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt 2: payment of a debt or obligation [syn: repayment, quittance]
• recurrence 0
  n 1: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" [syn: recurrence, return]
• reverence 0
  n 1: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence, awe, veneration] 2: a reverent mental attitude [ant: irreverence] 3: an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy) v 1: regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" [syn: reverence, fear, revere, venerate]
• riddance 0
  n 1: the act of removing or getting rid of something [syn: elimination, riddance] 2: the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" [syn: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance]
• science 0
  n 1: a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics" [syn: science, scientific discipline] 2: ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism" [syn: skill, science]
• sentence 0
  n 1: a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences" 2: (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" [syn: conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence] [ant: acquittal] 3: the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail" [syn: prison term, sentence, time] v 1: pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" [syn: sentence, condemn, doom]
• stridence 0
  n 1: having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound [syn: shrillness, stridence, stridency]
• temperance 0
  n 1: the trait of avoiding excesses [syn: temperance, moderation] [ant: intemperance] 2: abstaining from excess [syn: sobriety, temperance] 3: the act of tempering
• transference 0
  n 1: (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst 2: transferring ownership [syn: transfer, transference] 3: the act of transfering something from one form to another; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise" [syn: transfer, transference]
• voidance 0
  n 1: the act of removing the contents of something [syn: emptying, voidance, evacuation]
• potence 0
  n 1: the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse [syn: potency, potence] [ant: impotence, impotency]
• constance 0
  n 1: a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River [syn: Constance, Lake Constance, Bodensee] 2: the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church [syn: Constance, Council of Constance]
• halfpence 0
• currence 0

See also coinsurance definition