Words that rhyme with compurgation

n 1: the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity" 2: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others [syn: abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation]

n 1: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation [syn: abrogation, repeal, annulment]

n 1: several things grouped together or considered as a whole [syn: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage] 2: the act of gathering something together [syn: collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation]

n 1: (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law); "an allegation of malpractice" 2: statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove [syn: allegation, allegement]

n 1: seizure by the government [syn: confiscation, arrogation]

n 1: a severe scolding [syn: castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down] 2: verbal punishment [syn: castigation, chastisement]

n 1: the process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge

n 1: traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe"

n 1: the state of being joined together [syn: junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation] 2: the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis

n 1: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church [syn: congregation, fold, faithful] 2: an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over" 3: the act of congregating [syn: congregation, congregating]

n 1: the state of being joined together [syn: junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation] 2: the inflection of verbs 3: the complete set of inflected forms of a verb 4: a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms 5: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union] 6: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" [syn: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure] [ant: disunion]

n 1: a ridge on a corrugated surface 2: the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves

n 1: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission] 2: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation]

n 1: a communication that belittles somebody or something [syn: disparagement, depreciation, derogation] 2: (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed"

n 1: the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community [syn: integration, integrating, desegregation] [ant: segregation, sequestration]

n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis] 2: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation]

n 1: the quality of being elongated 2: an addition to the length of something [syn: elongation, extension] 3: the act of lengthening something

n 1: the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work [syn: expurgation, castration]

n 1: the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it

n 1: the verbal act of urging on [syn: abetment, abettal, instigation] 2: deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord) [syn: fomentation, instigation]

n 1: a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations" [syn: question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence] 2: a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder 3: formal systematic questioning [syn: interrogation, examination, interrogatory] 4: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present" [syn: question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation] [ant: answer]

n 1: an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities; "there was a congressional probe into the scandal" [syn: probe, investigation] 2: the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically [syn: investigation, investigating]

n 1: supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc 2: (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution

n 1: the post or office of legate [syn: legation, legateship] 2: a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister [syn: legation, foreign mission]

n 1: a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights [syn: litigation, judicial proceeding]

n 1: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [syn: extenuation, mitigation, palliation] 2: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances [syn: extenuation, mitigation] 3: the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" [syn: moderation, mitigation]

n 1: the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place [syn: navigation, pilotage, piloting] 2: ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" 3: the work of a sailor [syn: seafaring, navigation, sailing]

n 1: the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr [syn: duty, responsibility, obligation] 2: the state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job" 3: a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor [syn: obligation, indebtedness] 4: a written promise to repay a debt [syn: debt instrument, obligation, certificate of indebtedness] 5: a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply

n 1: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: prolongation, protraction, perpetuation, lengthening] 2: amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet" [syn: extension, lengthiness, prolongation] 3: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn: lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction]

n 1: a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English" [syn: announcement, promulgation] 2: the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect 3: the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice; "his promulgation of the policy proved to be premature" [syn: proclamation, promulgation]

n 1: the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions [syn: propagation, extension] 2: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production [syn: generation, multiplication, propagation] 3: the movement of a wave through a medium

n 1: discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it

n 1: purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels [syn: catharsis, katharsis, purgation] 2: a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites [syn: purification, purgation] 3: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge [syn: purge, purging, purgation]

n 1: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation] 2: the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category 3: mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia"

n 1: (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes 2: a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups [syn: segregation, separatism] 3: the act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury" [syn: segregation, sequestration] [ant: desegregation, integrating, integration]

n 1: forced submission to control by others [syn: subjugation, subjection] 2: the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people" [syn: oppression, subjugation] 3: the act of conquering [syn: conquest, conquering, subjection, subjugation]

n 1: (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another

n 1: variability in coloration 2: the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered); "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line" [syn: diversification, variegation]