Words that rhyme with government

• abandonment 0
  n 1: the act of giving something up [syn: abandonment, forsaking, desertion] 2: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" [syn: desertion, abandonment, defection] 3: the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
• accent 0
  n 1: distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern" [syn: accent, speech pattern] 2: special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" [syn: emphasis, accent] 3: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" [syn: dialect, idiom, accent] 4: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: stress, emphasis, accent] 5: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: accent, accent mark] v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate] 2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent, accentuate]
• adjournment 0
  n 1: the termination of a meeting [syn: adjournment, dissolution] 2: the act of postponing to another time or place
• adornment 0
  n 1: a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness 2: the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting
• alignment 0
  n 1: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement] [ant: nonalignment, nonalinement] 2: the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines 3: (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac [syn: conjunction, alignment] 4: the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
• apportionment 0
  n 1: 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]
• arraignment 0
  n 1: a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
• ascent 0
  n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 2: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" [syn: rise, rising, ascent, ascension] [ant: fall] 3: the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn: rise, ascent, ascension, ascending]
• assent 0
  n 1: agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" [syn: assent, acquiescence] v 1: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce] [ant: dissent]
• assignment 0
  n 1: a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty" [syn: assignment, duty assignment] 2: the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another 3: the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum" [syn: assignment, assigning] 4: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn: grant, assignment] 5: an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) 6: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" [syn: appointment, assignment, designation, naming]
• atonement 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]
• augment 0
  v 1: enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East" 2: grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"
• bent 0
  adj 1: fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" [syn: bent, bent on(p), dead set(p), out to(p)] 2: used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back" [syn: bended, bent] 3: of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders" [syn: bent, crumpled, dented] n 1: a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent, set] 2: grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens [syn: bent, bent grass, bent-grass] 3: an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges 4: a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: bent, knack, hang]
• cantonment 0
  n 1: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" [syn: camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac]
• cement 0
  n 1: concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they stood on the grey cement beside the pool" 2: a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar 3: something that hardens to act as adhesive material 4: any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth 5: a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth [syn: cementum, cement] v 1: make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship" 2: cover or coat with cement 3: bind or join with or as if with cement
• cent 0
  n 1: a fractional monetary unit of several countries 2: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit [syn: penny, cent, centime]
• circumvent 0
  v 1: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent] 2: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" [syn: outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent] 3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
• confinement 0
  n 1: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" [syn: parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed] 2: the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them 3: the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement" 4: the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); "the restriction of the infection to a focal area" [syn: restriction, confinement]
• consent 0
  n 1: permission to do something; "he indicated his consent" v 1: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" [syn: accept, consent, go for] [ant: decline, refuse]
• consignment 0
  n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment] 2: the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: commitment, committal, consignment] 3: the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
• containment 0
  n 1: a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975" 2: (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor 3: the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"
• content 0
  adj 1: satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile" [syn: contented, content] [ant: discontent, discontented] n 1: everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" 2: what a communication that is about something is about [syn: message, content, subject matter, substance] 3: the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc. 4: the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" [syn: capacity, content] 5: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned [syn: content, cognitive content, mental object] 6: the state of being contented with your situation in life; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content" [syn: contentedness, content] 7: something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" [syn: subject, content, depicted object] v 1: satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day" 2: make content; "I am contented" [ant: discontent]
• descent 0
  n 1: a movement downward 2: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" [syn: origin, descent, extraction] 3: the act of changing your location in a downward direction 4: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation] 5: a downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope] [ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade] 6: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
• detainment 0
  n 1: a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" [syn: detention, detainment, hold, custody]
• dethronement 0
  n 1: the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office [syn: deposition, dethronement]
• discernment 0
  n 1: the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" [syn: understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy] 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: perception of that which is obscure [syn: discernment, perceptiveness] 4: the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations [syn: sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment] 5: the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment" [syn: discretion, discernment]
• discontent 0
  adj 1: showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position" [syn: discontented, discontent] [ant: content, contented] n 1: a longing for something better than the present situation [syn: discontentment, discontent, discontentedness] [ant: contentment] v 1: make dissatisfied [ant: content]
• disheartenment 0
  n 1: the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles [syn: discouragement, disheartenment, dismay] 2: a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted
• embalmment 0
  n 1: preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals
• enlightenment 0
  n 1: education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge [ant: unenlightenment] 2: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn: nirvana, enlightenment] 3: a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine; "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms" [syn: Enlightenment, Age of Reason]
• entertainment 0
  n 1: an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention [syn: entertainment, amusement]
• enthronement 0
  n 1: the ceremony of installing a new monarch [syn: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture]
• entombment 0
  n 1: the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture]
• environment 0
  n 1: the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" 2: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country-- the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environment, environs, surroundings, surround]
• event 0
  n 1: something that happens at a given place and time 2: a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" [syn: event, case] 3: a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory 4: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn: consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot]
• extent 0
  n 1: the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right" 2: the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"
• imprisonment 0
  n 1: putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment 2: the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon" [syn: captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement] 3: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) [syn: imprisonment, internment]
• indent 0
  n 1: an order for goods to be exported or imported 2: the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line [syn: indentation, indention, indent, indenture] v 1: set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter" 2: cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents" 3: make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: indent, dent] 4: notch the edge of or make jagged 5: bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: indenture, indent]
• intent 0
  adj 1: giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped] n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose, intent, intention, aim, design] 2: the intended meaning of a communication [syn: intent, purport, spirit]
• internment 0
  n 1: confinement during wartime 2: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) [syn: imprisonment, internment] 3: placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage]
• invent 0
  v 1: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge] 2: make up something artificial or untrue [syn: fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent]
• lament 0
  n 1: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail] 2: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person [syn: dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody] 3: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead [syn: elegy, lament] v 1: express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" [syn: lament, keen] 2: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan]
• malcontent 0
  adj 1: discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious] n 1: a person who is discontented or disgusted
• misalignment 0
  n 1: the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned
• misgovernment 0
  n 1: government that is inefficient or dishonest [syn: misgovernment, misrule]
• obtainment 0
  n 1: the act of obtaining [syn: obtainment, obtention]
• percent 0
  n 1: a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) [syn: percentage, percent, per centum, pct]
• postponement 0
  n 1: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" [syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait] 2: act of putting off to a future time [syn: postponement, deferment, deferral]
• present 0
  adj 1: temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations" [ant: future, past] 2: being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation" [ant: absent] n 1: the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" [syn: present, nowadays] 2: something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from his wife" 3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking [syn: present, present tense] v 1: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate] 2: bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out] 3: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent] 4: hand over formally [syn: present, submit] 5: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn: present, pose] 6: give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" [syn: award, present] 7: give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present] 8: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" [syn: deliver, present] 9: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" [syn: introduce, present, acquaint] 10: represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" [syn: portray, present] 11: present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" [syn: confront, face, present] 12: formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. 13: recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" [syn: salute, present]
• reapportionment 0
  n 1: a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) [syn: reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation]
• reassignment 0
  n 1: assignment to a different duty
• refinement 0
  n 1: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish] 2: the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique" [syn: refinement, elaboration] 3: the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) [syn: refining, refinement, purification] 4: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" [syn: nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement] 5: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization" [syn: refinement, civilization, civilisation]
• rent 0
  n 1: a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service 2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn: rip, rent, snag, split, tear] 3: the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions [syn: economic rent, rent] 4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: rent, rip, split] v 1: let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" [syn: rent, lease] 2: grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" [syn: lease, let, rent] 3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take] 4: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease]
• repent 0
  v 1: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: repent, atone] 2: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [syn: repent, regret, rue]
• represent 0
  v 1: take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin" [syn: represent, stand for, correspond] 2: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent] 3: be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven" 4: be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; "I represent the silent majority" 5: serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl" 6: be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" [syn: exemplify, represent] 7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] 8: be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant" [syn: defend, represent] [ant: prosecute] 9: create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" [syn: represent, interpret] 10: play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" [syn: act, play, represent] 11: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent] 12: describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel" 13: point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution" 14: bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out] 15: to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) [syn: map, represent]
• sent 0
  adj 1: caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted [ant: unsent] n 1: 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
• spent 0
  adj 1: depleted of energy, force, or strength; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells" [syn: exhausted, spent] [ant: unexhausted] 2: drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out" [syn: exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn- out(a), worn out(p)]
• supplement 0
  n 1: textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end [syn: addendum, supplement, postscript] 2: a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency) [syn: supplement, supplementation] 3: a supplementary component that improves capability [syn: accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on] v 1: add as a supplement to what seems insufficient; "supplement your diet" 2: serve as a supplement to; "Vitamins supplemented his meager diet" 3: add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language" [syn: append, add on, supplement, affix]
• stent 0
  n 1: a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
• infotainment 0
  n 1: a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event [syn: documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainment]
• nonalignment 0
  n 1: people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty [syn: nonalignment, nonalinement] [ant: alignment, alinement, alliance, coalition]
• edutainment 0
  n 1: entertainment that is intended to be educational
• ascertainment 3
• concernment 0
• disseverment 0
• emblazonment 0
• enchainment 0
• enshrinement 0
• entwinement 0
• intertwinement 0
• ordainment 0
• outspent 0
• overspent 0
• realignment 0
• went 0

See also government definition and government synonyms