Words that rhyme with consubstantiation

• abbreviation 0
  n 1: a shortened form of a word or phrase 2: shortening something by omitting parts of it
• accentuation 0
  n 1: the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance 2: the act of giving special importance or significance to something [syn: emphasizing, accenting, accentuation]
• actuation 0
  n 1: the act of propelling [syn: propulsion, actuation]
• affiliation 0
  n 1: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie- up] 2: the act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university"
• alleviation 0
  n 1: the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" [syn: relief, alleviation, assuagement] 2: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" [syn: easing, easement, alleviation, relief]
• annunciation 0
  n 1: a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: Annunciation, Lady Day, Annunciation Day, March 25] 2: (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ 3: a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" [syn: announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration]
• appreciation 0
  n 1: understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" [syn: appreciation, grasp, hold] 2: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" [syn: taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness] 3: an expression of gratitude; "he expressed his appreciation in a short note" 4: a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works" [syn: admiration, appreciation] 5: an increase in price or value; "an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate" [ant: depreciation]
• appropriation 0
  n 1: money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose 2: incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: annexation, appropriation] 3: a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"
• asphyxiation 0
  n 1: the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture" [syn: suffocation, asphyxiation] 2: killing by depriving of oxygen [syn: suffocation, asphyxiation]
• association 0
  n 1: a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" 2: the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association" 3: the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break" [ant: disassociation] 4: the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" [syn: association, connection, connexion] 5: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie-up] 6: a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite" 7: (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding 8: (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
• attenuation 0
  n 1: weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound" [syn: attenuation, fading] 2: the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density
• aviation 0
  n 1: the aggregation of a country's military aircraft [syn: aviation, air power] 2: the operation of aircraft to provide transportation 3: the art of operating aircraft [syn: aviation, airmanship] 4: travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" [syn: air travel, aviation, air]
• calumniation 0
  n 1: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn: defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job]
• conciliation 0
  n 1: the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled; "there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed" 2: any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration 3: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity [syn: placation, conciliation, propitiation]
• continuation 0
  n 1: the act of continuing an activity without interruption [syn: continuance, continuation] [ant: discontinuance, discontinuation] 2: a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it [syn: sequel, continuation] 3: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction [syn: good continuation, continuation, law of continuation] 4: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn: lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction]
• creation 0
  n 1: the human act of creating [syn: creation, creative activity] 2: an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone 3: the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure" [syn: creation, conception] 4: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration] 5: (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence 6: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm]
• defoliation 0
  n 1: the loss of foliage 2: causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)
• delineation 0
  n 1: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" [syn: word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation] 2: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing] 3: representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: depiction, delineation, portrayal]
• denunciation 0
  n 1: a public act of denouncing [syn: denunciation, denouncement]
• depreciation 0
  n 1: a decrease in price or value; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen" [ant: appreciation] 2: decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use [syn: depreciation, wear and tear] 3: a communication that belittles somebody or something [syn: disparagement, depreciation, derogation]
• despoliation 0
  n 1: the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation]
• detonation 0
  n 1: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction [syn: explosion, detonation, blowup] 2: the act of detonating an explosive
• devaluation 0
  n 1: an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries 2: the reduction of something's value or worth
• deviation 0
  n 1: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" [syn: deviation, divergence, departure, difference] 2: the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function 3: the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances 4: deviate behavior [syn: deviation, deviance] 5: 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]
• differentiation 0
  n 1: a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation" [syn: differentiation, distinction] 2: the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function 3: (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo" [syn: specialization, specialisation, differentiation]
• disambiguation 0
  n 1: clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity
• disassociation 0
  n 1: the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination; "I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife" [ant: association] 2: a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently [syn: dissociation, disassociation]
• discontinuation 0
  n 1: the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) [syn: discontinuance, discontinuation] [ant: continuance, continuation]
• dissociation 0
  n 1: the act of removing from association 2: a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently [syn: dissociation, disassociation] 3: (chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions
• effectuation 0
  n 1: the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect [syn: implementation, effectuation]
• emaciation 0
  n 1: extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) [syn: bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration]
• enunciation 0
  n 1: the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience [syn: enunciation, diction]
• evacuation 0
  n 1: the act of removing the contents of something [syn: emptying, voidance, evacuation] 2: the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection 3: the bodily process of discharging waste matter [syn: elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding]
• evaluation 0
  n 1: act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of [syn: evaluation, rating] 2: an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" [syn: evaluation, valuation, rating]
• excoriation 0
  n 1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation] 2: severe censure
• excruciation 0
  n 1: a state of acute pain [syn: agony, suffering, excruciation] 2: the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering [syn: crucifixion, excruciation]
• exfoliation 0
  n 1: the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin; "exfoliation is increased by sunburn" 2: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin [syn: scale, scurf, exfoliation]
• expatiation 0
  n 1: a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail
• expatriation 0
  n 1: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life" [syn: exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation] 2: migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) [syn: emigration, out-migration, expatriation]
• expiation 0
  n 1: compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store" [syn: atonement, expiation, satisfaction] 2: the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) [syn: expiation, atonement, propitiation]
• expropriation 0
  n 1: taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)
• extenuation 0
  n 1: 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] 2: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [syn: extenuation, mitigation, palliation]
• fluctuation 0
  n 1: a wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea" 2: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change [syn: variation, fluctuation] 3: the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations" [syn: fluctuation, wavering]
• foliation 0
  n 1: (botany) the process of forming leaves [syn: foliation, leafing] 2: (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock 3: (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament [syn: foliation, foliage] 4: the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves 5: the work of coating glass with metal foil
• graduation 0
  n 1: the successful completion of a program of study 2: an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred [syn: commencement, commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, graduation, graduation exercise] 3: a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement; "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch" 4: the act of arranging in grades [syn: gradation, graduation]
• habituation 0
  n 1: 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] 2: a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
• humiliation 0
  n 1: state of disgrace or loss of self-respect 2: strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin, humiliation, mortification] 3: an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another" [syn: humiliation, mortification] 4: depriving one of self-esteem [syn: humiliation, abasement]
• ideation 0
  n 1: the process of forming and relating ideas
• impersonation 0
  n 1: a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect [syn: caricature, imitation, impersonation] 2: pretending to be another person [syn: imposture, impersonation] 3: imitating the mannerisms of another person [syn: impersonation, personation]
• individuation 0
  n 1: discriminating the individual from the generic group or species [syn: individualization, individualisation, individuation] 2: the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality" [syn: individuality, individualism, individuation] [ant: commonality, commonness]
• inebriation 0
  n 1: habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms [syn: alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness] 2: a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol [syn: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety] [ant: soberness, sobriety]
• infatuation 0
  n 1: a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration 2: temporary love of an adolescent [syn: puppy love, calf love, crush, infatuation] 3: an object of extravagant short-lived passion
• infuriation 0
  n 1: a feeling of intense anger [syn: infuriation, enragement]
• ingratiation 0
  n 1: the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments; "she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor" [syn: ingratiation, insinuation]
• initiation 0
  n 1: a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame" [syn: initiation, induction, installation] 2: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration] 3: wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge; "his knowledgeability impressed me"; "his dullness was due to lack of initiation" [syn: knowledgeability, knowledgeableness, initiation] 4: an act that sets in motion some course of events [syn: trigger, induction, initiation]
• insinuation 0
  n 1: an indirect (and usually malicious) implication [syn: insinuation, innuendo] 2: the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments; "she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor" [syn: ingratiation, insinuation]
• instantiation 0
  n 1: a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it; "how many instantiations were found?"
• intermediation 0
  n 1: the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement [syn: mediation, intermediation]
• irradiation 0
  n 1: the condition of being exposed to radiation 2: a column of light (as from a beacon) [syn: beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation] 3: (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex 4: the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background 5: (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus 6: (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance [syn: radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation]
• lineation 0
  n 1: the line that appears to bound an object [syn: outline, lineation] 2: the act of marking or outlining with lines
• mediation 0
  n 1: a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party 2: the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement [syn: mediation, intermediation]
• menstruation 0
  n 1: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped" --Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow]
• misappropriation 0
  n 1: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else [syn: embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation] 2: wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"
• mispronunciation 0
  n 1: incorrect pronunciation
• mutilation 0
  n 1: an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
• nation 0
  n 1: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 2: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation, land, country] 3: United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) [syn: Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation] 4: a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"
• negotiation 0
  n 1: a discussion intended to produce an agreement; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians" [syn: negotiation, dialogue, talks] 2: the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms
• obviation 0
  n 1: the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively [syn: obviation, forestalling, preclusion]
• palliation 0
  n 1: easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause 2: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [syn: extenuation, mitigation, palliation]
• permeation 0
  n 1: the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance [syn: permeation, pervasion, suffusion] 2: mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other [syn: interpenetration, permeation]
• perpetuation 0
  n 1: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: prolongation, protraction, perpetuation, lengthening]
• procreation 0
  n 1: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring [syn: reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life]
• pronunciation 0
  n 1: the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation" 2: the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation" [syn: pronunciation, orthoepy]
• propitiation 0
  n 1: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity [syn: placation, conciliation, propitiation] 2: the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) [syn: expiation, atonement, propitiation]
• punctuation 0
  n 1: something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions 2: the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases [syn: punctuation, punctuation mark] 3: the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases
• radiation 0
  n 1: energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles 2: the act of spreading outward from a central source 3: syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours; "he was suffering from radiation" [syn: radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation] 4: the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay [syn: radiation, radioactivity] 5: the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats 6: a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain 7: (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance [syn: radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation]
• reconciliation 0
  n 1: the reestablishing of cordial relations [syn: reconciliation, rapprochement] 2: getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement" [syn: reconciliation, balancing]
• recreation 0
  n 1: an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" [syn: diversion, recreation] 2: activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends" [syn: refreshment, recreation]
• renunciation 0
  n 1: rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated" [syn: repudiation, renunciation] 2: the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) [syn: apostasy, renunciation, defection] 3: an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned [syn: renunciation, renouncement] 4: the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) [syn: renunciation, forgoing, forswearing]
• repatriation 0
  n 1: the act of returning to the country of origin
• repudiation 0
  n 1: rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated" [syn: repudiation, renunciation] 2: refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city" 3: the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful" [syn: repudiation, debunking]
• retaliation 0
  n 1: action taken in return for an injury or offense [syn: retaliation, revenge]
• revaluation 0
  n 1: a new appraisal or evaluation [syn: reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment]
• satiation 0
  n 1: the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more [syn: repletion, satiety, satiation] 2: the act of achieving full gratification
• situation 0
  n 1: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt [syn: situation, state of affairs] 2: a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation" [syn: situation, position] 3: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple" 4: physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides" [syn: site, situation] 5: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation]
• speciation 0
  n 1: the evolution of a biological species
• spoliation 0
  n 1: (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence 2: the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation]
• station 0
  n 1: a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" 2: proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station" [syn: place, station] 3: (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty 4: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station" [syn: post, station] 5: the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station v 1: assign to a station [syn: station, post, send, place]
• striation 0
  n 1: any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue [syn: stria, striation] 2: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" [syn: band, banding, stria, striation]
• substantiation 0
  n 1: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" [syn: confirmation, verification, check, substantiation] 2: the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something [syn: validation, proof, substantiation]
• transubstantiation 0
  n 1: the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist 2: an act that changes the form or character or substance of something [syn: transmutation, transubstantiation]
• valuation 0
  n 1: an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" [syn: evaluation, valuation, rating] 2: assessed price; "the valuation of this property is much too high"
• variation 0
  n 1: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change [syn: variation, fluctuation] 2: an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported" [syn: variation, variance] 3: a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished 4: something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father" [syn: version, variant, variation, edition] 5: an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal" 6: the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north [syn: magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation] 7: the process of varying or being varied 8: (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon) 9: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation, variation, sport] 10: (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure [syn: pas seul, variation] 11: the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"
• vitiation 0
  n 1: nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null; "the vitiation of the contract"
• thracian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Thrace or its people or culture n 1: an inhabitant of ancient Thrace 2: a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient people of Thrace but extinct by the early Middle Ages
• croatian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language; "Croatian villages" n 1: a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia [syn: Croatian, Croat]
• cantillation 0
  n 1: liturgical chanting
• brachiation 0
  n 1: swinging by the arms from branch to branch
• filiation 0
  n 1: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation] 2: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline [syn: ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation]
• consociation 0

See also consubstantiation definition