Words that rhyme with debarkation

• allocation 4
  n 1: a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: allotment, allocation] 2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" [syn: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation] 3: (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions [syn: allocation, storage allocation]
• location 2
  n 1: a point or extent in space 2: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement] 3: a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target" [syn: localization, localisation, location, locating, fix] 4: a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made; "they shot the film on location in Nevada" [ant: studio]
• abbreviation 0
  n 1: a shortened form of a word or phrase 2: shortening something by omitting parts of it
• abdication 0
  n 1: a formal resignation and renunciation of powers [syn: abdication, stepping down] 2: the act of abdicating [syn: abdication, stepping down]
• acidification 0
  n 1: the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid
• adjudication 0
  n 1: the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented
• 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"
• affrication 0
  n 1: the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate
• 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]
• altercation 0
  n 1: noisy quarrel [syn: affray, altercation, fracas]
• amplification 0
  n 1: addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed" [syn: amplification, elaboration] 2: the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input [syn: amplification, gain] 3: (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
• animation 0
  n 1: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" [syn: animation, life, living, aliveness] 2: the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed" [syn: animation, vitality] 3: quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous [syn: animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification] 4: the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something [syn: vivification, invigoration, animation] 5: the making of animated cartoons 6: general activity and motion [syn: liveliness, animation]
• anticipation 0
  n 1: an expectation [syn: anticipation, expectancy] 2: something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" [syn: anticipation, expectancy] 3: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) [syn: prediction, anticipation, prevision] 4: anticipating with confidence of fulfillment [syn: anticipation, expectation]
• application 0
  n 1: the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose; "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis" [syn: application, practical application] 2: a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school; "December 31 is the deadline for applications" 3: the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint"; [syn: application, coating, covering] 4: a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications" [syn: application, application program, applications programme] 5: liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin" [syn: lotion, application] 6: a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious application" [syn: application, diligence] 7: the action of putting something into operation; "the application of maximum thrust"; "massage has far-reaching medical applications"; "the application of indexes to tables of data"
• 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"
• assassination 0
  n 1: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation [syn: character assassination, assassination, blackwash] 2: murder of a public figure by surprise attack
• 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
• authentication 0
  n 1: a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity [syn: authentication, hallmark, assay- mark] 2: validating the authenticity of something or someone [syn: authentication, certification]
• 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]
• avocation 0
  n 1: an auxiliary activity [syn: avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity]
• beatification 0
  n 1: a state of supreme happiness [syn: blessedness, beatitude, beatification] 2: the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy 3: (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
• beautification 0
  n 1: the act of making something more beautiful
• bifurcation 0
  n 1: a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) 2: the place where something divides into two branches 3: the act of splitting into two branches
• calcification 0
  n 1: a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) 2: tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts 3: an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations"
• certification 0
  n 1: the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on [syn: certification, enfranchisement] [ant: disenfranchisement] 2: confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence [syn: documentation, certification, corroboration] 3: a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts [syn: certificate, certification, credential, credentials] 4: validating the authenticity of something or someone [syn: authentication, certification]
• clarification 0
  n 1: an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook" [syn: clarification, elucidation, illumination] 2: the act of removing solid particles from a liquid [syn: clearing, clarification]
• classification 0
  n 1: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type [syn: categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment] 2: a group of people or things arranged by class or category [syn: classification, categorization, categorisation] 3: the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories [syn: classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting] 4: restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people [ant: declassification]
• codification 0
  n 1: the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order 2: a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) [syn: code, codification]
• collocation 0
  n 1: a grouping of words in a sentence 2: the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" [syn: juxtaposition, apposition, collocation]
• combination 0
  n 1: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities 2: a coordinated sequence of chess moves 3: a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock; "he forgot the combination to the safe" 4: a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; "they were a winning combination" 5: an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) 6: the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order 7: the act of combining things to form a new whole [syn: combination, combining, compounding]
• communication 0
  n 1: the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" [syn: communication, communicating] 2: something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups 3: a connection allowing access between persons or places; "how many lines of communication can there be among four people?"; "a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms"
• complication 0
  n 1: the act or process of complicating 2: a situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious complication" 3: any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease; "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis" 4: a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications" [syn: complication, ramification] 5: puzzling complexity [syn: complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness]
• 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]
• confiscation 0
  n 1: seizure by the government [syn: confiscation, arrogation]
• confrontation 0
  n 1: a bold challenge 2: discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions 3: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off] 4: the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn: confrontation, opposition] 5: a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison
• congregation 0
  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]
• 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]
• contraindication 0
  n 1: (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment [ant: indication]
• conversation 0
  n 1: the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
• convocation 0
  n 1: a group gathered in response to a summons 2: the act of convoking [syn: convocation, calling together]
• 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]
• decalcification 0
  n 1: loss of calcium from bones or teeth
• declassification 0
  n 1: reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon [ant: classification]
• dedication 0
  n 1: complete and wholehearted fidelity 2: a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose 3: a message that makes a pledge [syn: commitment, dedication] 4: a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something [syn: dedication, inscription] 5: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" [syn: commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication]
• defalcation 0
  n 1: the sum of money that is misappropriated 2: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else [syn: embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation]
• defecation 0
  n 1: the elimination of fecal waste through the anus [syn: defecation, laxation, shitting]
• deification 0
  n 1: the condition of being treated like a god 2: an embodiment of the qualities of a god; "the capitalists' deification of capital" 3: the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) [syn: deification, exaltation, apotheosis]
• demarcation 0
  n 1: the boundary of a specific area [syn: limit, demarcation, demarcation line] 2: a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" [syn: line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast]
• demonstration 0
  n 1: a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration" [syn: presentation, presentment, demonstration] 2: a show of military force or preparedness; "he confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations" 3: a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); "there were violent demonstrations against the war" [syn: demonstration, manifestation] 4: proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion [syn: demonstration, monstrance] 5: a visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations"; "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response" [syn: demonstration, demo]
• deprecation 0
  n 1: a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster 2: the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) [syn: deprecation, denigration]
• desiccation 0
  n 1: dryness resulting from the removal of water [syn: dehydration, desiccation] 2: the process of extracting moisture [syn: dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation]
• destination 0
  n 1: the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" [syn: finish, destination, goal] 2: the ultimate goal for which something is done [syn: destination, terminus] 3: written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location [syn: address, destination, name and address]
• detoxification 0
  n 1: a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances 2: treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver)
• devastation 0
  n 1: the state of being decayed or destroyed [syn: devastation, desolation] 2: the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation" 3: an event that results in total destruction [syn: devastation, desolation] 4: plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn: ravaging, devastation] 5: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists [syn: destruction, devastation]
• disembarkation 0
  n 1: the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft [syn: debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment] [ant: boarding, embarkation, embarkment]
• dislocation 0
  n 1: an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity [syn: dislocation, disruption] 2: the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London" [syn: dislocation, breakdown] 3: a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
• disqualification 0
  n 1: unfitness that bars you from participation 2: the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
• diversification 0
  n 1: 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] 2: the condition of being varied; "that restaurant's menu lacks diversification; every day it is the same"
• domestication 0
  n 1: adaptation to intimate association with human beings 2: the attribute of having been domesticated [syn: tameness, domestication] [ant: wildness] 3: accommodation to domestic life; "her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication"
• domination 0
  n 1: social control by dominating 2: power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn: domination, mastery, supremacy]
• duplication 0
  n 1: a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files" [syn: duplicate, duplication] 2: the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something; "this kind of duplication is wasteful" [syn: duplication, gemination]
• echolocation 0
  n 1: determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it [syn: echolocation, echo sounding]
• edification 0
  n 1: uplifting enlightenment [syn: edification, sophistication]
• education 0
  n 1: the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" [syn: education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity] 2: knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education" 3: the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's" 4: the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) 5: the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement" [syn: education, training, breeding] 6: the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979 [syn: Department of Education, Education Department, Education]
• electrification 0
  n 1: the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group 2: the act of providing electricity; "the electrification of rural Tennessee"
• embarkation 0
  n 1: the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft [syn: boarding, embarkation, embarkment] [ant: debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment]
• equivocation 0
  n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: evasion, equivocation] 2: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness] 3: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn: equivocation, tergiversation]
• eradication 0
  n 1: the complete destruction of every trace of something [syn: eradication, obliteration]
• evocation 0
  n 1: imaginative re-creation 2: calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations [syn: evocation, summoning] 3: stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy" [syn: evocation, induction, elicitation]
• excommunication 0
  n 1: the state of being excommunicated [syn: excommunication, exclusion, censure] 2: the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society [syn: excommunication, excision]
• exemplification 0
  n 1: showing by example [syn: exemplification, illustration] 2: a representational or typifying form or model [syn: typification, exemplification]
• explication 0
  n 1: the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc. 2: a detailed explanation of the meaning of something
• extrication 0
  n 1: the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition [syn: unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication]
• fabrication 0
  n 1: a deliberately false or improbable account [syn: fabrication, fiction, fable] 2: writing in a fictional form [syn: fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation] 3: the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain" [syn: fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing] 4: the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) [syn: fabrication, assembly] [ant: disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling] 5: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth [syn: lying, prevarication, fabrication]
• falsification 0
  n 1: any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something [syn: disproof, falsification, refutation] 2: a willful perversion of facts [syn: falsification, misrepresentation] 3: the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting [syn: falsification, falsehood] 4: the act of determining that something is false [syn: falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutal]
• fornication 0
  n 1: voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other 2: extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce" [syn: adultery, criminal conversation, fornication]
• fortification 0
  n 1: defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it [syn: fortification, munition] 2: the art or science of strengthening defenses 3: the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food)
• foundation 0
  n 1: the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections" 2: an institution supported by an endowment 3: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure] 4: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics" [syn: foundation, grounding] 5: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone] 6: a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body [syn: foundation garment, foundation] 7: 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]
• fructification 0
  n 1: the bearing of fruit 2: organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses)
• gasification 0
  n 1: the process of changing into gas; "coal gas is produced by the gasification of coal"
• gentrification 0
  n 1: the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)
• glorification 0
  n 1: a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself" [syn: glory, glorification] 2: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" [syn: idealization, idealisation, glorification] 3: the act of glorifying (as in worship); "the glorification of God"
• gratification 0
  n 1: state of being gratified or satisfied; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time" [syn: gratification, satisfaction] 2: the act or an instance of satisfying
• identification 0
  n 1: the act of designating or identifying something [syn: designation, identification] 2: evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing 3: the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established; "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important clue" 4: the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer" [syn: recognition, identification] 5: the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
• implication 0
  n 1: something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" [syn: deduction, entailment, implication] 2: a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" [syn: significance, import, implication] 3: an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection 4: a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false [syn: implication, logical implication, conditional relation] 5: a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement); "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"
• imprecation 0
  n 1: the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob" [syn: imprecation, malediction] 2: a slanderous accusation
• inculcation 0
  n 1: teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition [syn: inculcation, ingraining, instilling]
• indemnification 0
  n 1: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress] 2: an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance
• indication 0
  n 1: something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease" [syn: indication, indicant] 2: the act of indicating or pointing out by name [syn: indication, denotation] 3: (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics" [ant: contraindication] 4: something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave" 5: a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm" [syn: reading, meter reading, indication]
• inflation 0
  n 1: a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money" [syn: inflation, rising prices] [ant: deflation, disinflation] 2: (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang 3: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation] 4: the act of filling something with air [ant: deflation]
• intensification 0
  n 1: action that makes something stronger or more extreme 2: the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film)
• intercommunication 0
  n 1: mutual communication; communication with each other; "they intercepted intercommunication between enemy ships"
• intoxication 0
  n 1: the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance [syn: poisoning, toxic condition, intoxication] 2: a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol [syn: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety] [ant: soberness, sobriety] 3: excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety; "the intoxication of wealth and power"
• invocation 0
  n 1: a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service [syn: invocation, supplication] 2: an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil 3: calling up a spirit or devil [syn: conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation] 4: the act of appealing for help
• jollification 0
  n 1: a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity [syn: merrymaking, conviviality, jollification]
• justification 0
  n 1: something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; "he considered misrule a justification for revolution" 2: a statement in explanation of some action or belief 3: the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning; "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller
• lubrication 0
  n 1: the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant 2: an application of a lubricant to something
• magnification 0
  n 1: the act of expanding something in apparent size 2: the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object 3: making to seem more important than it really is [syn: exaggeration, overstatement, magnification] [ant: understatement] 4: a photographic print that has been enlarged [syn: enlargement, blowup, magnification]
• mastication 0
  n 1: biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow [syn: chew, chewing, mastication, manduction]

See also debarkation definition and debarkation synonyms