Words that rhyme with halfpence

n 1: a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance]

n 1: temporary cessation or suspension [syn: abeyance, suspension]

n 1: hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium]

n 1: acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" [syn: conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance] [ant: disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity] 2: the act of dwelling in a place [syn: residency, residence, abidance] 3: the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)

n 1: (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation [syn: optical density, transmission density, photographic density, absorbance]

n 1: the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) [syn: abstinence, abstention] 2: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite

n 1: the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance" [syn: abundance, copiousness, teemingness] [ant: scarceness, scarcity] 2: (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present 3: (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million

n 1: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years" [syn: credence, acceptance] 2: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" [syn: adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal] 3: the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" [ant: rejection] 4: (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract) 5: banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank [syn: acceptance, banker's acceptance] 6: a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace" [syn: toleration, acceptance, sufferance] 7: the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"

n 1: the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words [syn: inflectional morphology, accidence]

n 1: concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal" [syn: accord, conformity, accordance] 2: the act of granting rights; "the accordance to Canada of rights of access" [syn: accordance, accordance of rights]

n 1: personal knowledge or information about someone or something [syn: acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy] 2: a relationship less intimate than friendship [syn: acquaintance, acquaintanceship] 3: a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" [syn: acquaintance, friend] [ant: alien, stranger, unknown]

n 1: acceptance without protest 2: agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" [syn: assent, acquiescence]

n 1: faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive" [syn: attachment, adherence, adhesion] 2: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion" [syn: adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond]

n 1: the right to enter [syn: entree, access, accession, admission, admittance] 2: the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" [syn: admission, admittance]

n 1: the process of being heedful [syn: advertence, advertency]

v 1: give to in marriage [syn: betroth, engage, affiance, plight]

n 1: abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty" [syn: affluence, richness]

n 1: the state of being allied or confederated [syn: alliance, confederation] 2: a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them" [syn: alliance, bond] 3: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement] [ant: nonalignment, nonalinement] 4: a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim 5: the act of forming an alliance or confederation [syn: confederation, alliance]

n 1: an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period); "travel allowance"; "my weekly allowance of two eggs"; "a child's allowance should not be too generous" 2: a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses 3: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit" [syn: allowance, adjustment] 4: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits [syn: allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance] 5: a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets [syn: valuation reserve, valuation account, allowance, allowance account] 6: the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room" v 1: put on a fixed allowance, as of food

n 1: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration] 2: anger produced by some annoying irritation [syn: annoyance, chafe, vexation] 3: an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating [syn: aggravator, annoyance] 4: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass] 5: the act of troubling or annoying someone [syn: annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation]

n 1: preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency] [ant: posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness]

n 1: outward or visible aspect of a person or thing [syn: appearance, visual aspect] 2: the event of coming into sight [ant: disappearance] 3: formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action [syn: appearance, appearing, coming into court] 4: a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" 5: the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America" [ant: disappearance, disappearing] 6: pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show" [syn: appearance, show]

n 1: a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks [syn: appetite, appetency, appetence]

n 1: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget] 2: durable goods for home or office use

n 1: equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. [syn: gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance] 2: a supplementary component that improves capability [syn: accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on]

n 1: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness]

n 1: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" [syn: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control]

n 1: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" [syn: aid, assist, assistance, help] 2: a resource; "visual aids in teaching" [syn: aid, assistance, help]

n 1: the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words [syn: assonance, vowel rhyme]

n 1: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority" [syn: assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness] 2: a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret" [syn: assurance, pledge] 3: a statement intended to inspire confidence; "the President's assurances were not respected" 4: a British term for some kinds of insurance

n 1: the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) [syn: attendance, attending] [ant: nonattendance] 2: the frequency with which a person is present; "a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade" 3: the number of people that are present; "attendance was up by 50 per cent"

n 1: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening [syn: avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging]

n 1: hostile or warlike attitude or nature [syn: belligerence, belligerency] 2: a natural disposition to be hostile [syn: aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity]

n 1: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence] 2: the close of a musical section 3: a recurrent rhythmical series [syn: cadence, cadency]

n 1: an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored [syn: capacitance, electrical capacity, capacity] 2: an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge [syn: capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser]

n 1: the size of something as given by the distance around it [syn: circumference, perimeter] 2: the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe" [syn: circumference, circuit] 3: the length of the closed curve of a circle

n 1: a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity 2: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" [syn: context, circumstance, setting] 3: information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take" [syn: circumstance, condition, consideration] 4: formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"

n 1: apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses [syn: clairvoyance, second sight, extrasensory perception, E.S.P., ESP]

n 1: the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them 2: vertical space available to allow easy passage under something [syn: headroom, headway, clearance] 3: permission to proceed; "the plane was given clearance to land"

n 1: existing peacefully together

n 1: the state of cohering or sticking together [syn: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness] [ant: incoherence, incoherency] 2: logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts [syn: coherence, coherency]

n 1: an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental [syn: coincidence, happenstance] 2: the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs" 3: the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" [syn: concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence]

n 1: an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved [syn: deserts, comeuppance, comeupance]

n 1: the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually [syn: competence, competency] [ant: incompetence, incompetency]

n 1: the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself; "his complacency was absolutely disgusting" [syn: complacency, complacence, self-complacency, self- satisfaction]

n 1: acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" [syn: conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance] [ant: disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity] 2: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference] 3: the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another [syn: submission, compliance]

n 1: occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another

n 1: a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole [syn: harmony, concord, concordance] 2: agreement of opinions [syn: harmony, concord, concordance] 3: an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts

n 1: agreement of results or opinions [syn: concurrence, concurrency] 2: acting together, as agents or circumstances or events [syn: concurrence, concurrency] 3: a state of cooperation [syn: concurrence, meeting of minds] 4: the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" [syn: concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence]

n 1: a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance

n 1: a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) 2: an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members [syn: league, conference] 3: a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic [syn: conference, group discussion]

n 1: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority" [syn: assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness] 2: a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned" [ant: diffidence, self-distrust, self- doubt] 3: a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy" 4: a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust" [syn: confidence, trust] 5: a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"

n 1: a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" [syn: confluence, meeting] 2: a flowing together [syn: confluence, conflux, merging] 3: a coming together of people [syn: concourse, confluence]

n 1: correspondence in form or appearance [syn: conformity, conformance]

n 1: the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate [syn: congruity, congruousness, congruence] [ant: incongruity, incongruousness]

n 1: a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts [syn: consistency, consistence] [ant: inconsistency] 2: the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" [syn: consistency, consistence, eubstance, body]

n 1: the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words [syn: consonance, consonant rhyme] 2: the property of sounding harmonious [syn: consonance, harmoniousness]

n 1: the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters [syn: continence, continency] 2: voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge

n 1: the act of continuing an activity without interruption [syn: continuance, continuation] [ant: discontinuance, discontinuation] 2: the period of time during which something continues [syn: duration, continuance] 3: the property of enduring or continuing in time [syn: duration, continuance]

n 1: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget] 2: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem" 3: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" [syn: contrivance, stratagem, dodge] 4: an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" 5: any improvised arrangement for temporary use [syn: lash-up, contrivance] 6: the act of devising something [syn: devisal, contrivance]

n 1: document effecting a property transfer 2: the transmission of information [syn: conveyance, imparting, impartation] 3: something that serves as a means of transportation [syn: conveyance, transport] 4: act of transferring property title from one person to another [syn: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying] 5: the act of moving something from one location to another [syn: transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance]

n 1: communication by the exchange of letters 2: compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence" [syn: agreement, correspondence] 3: the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount [syn: commensurateness, correspondence, proportionateness] 4: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane [syn: symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance] [ant: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance] 5: similarity by virtue of corresponding [syn: parallelism, correspondence]

n 1: the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage" [syn: countenance, visage] 2: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur] 3: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) [syn: countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug] v 1: consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" [syn: permit, allow, let, countenance] [ant: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto]

n 1: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years" [syn: credence, acceptance] 2: a kind of sideboard or buffet [syn: credenza, credence]

n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency]

n 1: a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean" [syn: deference, respect] 2: courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy" [syn: deference, respect, respectfulness] 3: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference]

n 1: intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude [syn: defiance, rebelliousness] 2: a hostile challenge 3: a defiant act

n 1: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [syn: rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving]

n 1: the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else [syn: dependence, dependance, dependency] 2: 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]

n 1: feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless [syn: despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness]

n 1: a negative motivational influence [syn: disincentive, deterrence] [ant: incentive, inducement, motivator] 2: a communication that makes you afraid to try something [syn: determent, deterrence, intimidation] 3: the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety

n 1: the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock" [ant: sameness] 2: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" [syn: deviation, divergence, departure, difference] 3: a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" [syn: dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict] 4: a significant change; "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference" 5: the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend [syn: remainder, difference]

n 1: lack of self-confidence [syn: diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust] [ant: confidence]

n 1: the act of leaving secretly or without explanation [syn: disappearance, disappearing] [ant: appearance] 2: the event of passing out of sight [ant: appearance] 3: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: fade, disappearance] 4: ceasing to exist; "he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula"; "what was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?"; "the disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures"

n 1: the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) [syn: discontinuance, discontinuation] [ant: continuance, continuation]

n 1: a harsh mixture of sounds [syn: discordance, discord] 2: strife resulting from a lack of agreement [syn: discord, discordance]

v 1: look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends" 2: show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"

n 1: the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit

n 1: disagreement; especially disagreement with the government

n 1: a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters [syn: disagreement, dissension, dissonance] [ant: accord, agreement] 2: the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [syn: noise, dissonance, racket] 3: disagreeable sounds [ant: harmony]

n 1: the property created by the space between two objects or points 2: a distant region; "I could see it in the distance" 3: size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points" [syn: distance, length] 4: indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance" [syn: distance, aloofness] 5: the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" [syn: distance, space] 6: a remote point in time; "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details" v 1: keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living" 2: go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners" [syn: outdistance, outstrip, distance]

n 1: activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption; "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function" [syn: perturbation, disturbance] 2: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation, upset] 3: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle] 4: a noisy fight [syn: affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle] 5: the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion 6: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness [syn: mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie] 7: electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication [syn: noise, interference, disturbance]

n 1: superior development of one side of the body [syn: laterality, dominance] 2: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" [syn: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control] 3: the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not 4: the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state" [syn: authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so]

n 1: imprisonment (especially for a long time)

n 1: the process of flowing out [syn: outflow, effluence, efflux] [ant: inflow, influx]

n 1: a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" [ant: inelegance] 2: a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics); "the simplicity and elegance of his invention"

n 1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence" [syn: eminence, distinction, preeminence, note] 2: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament [syn: tuberosity, tubercle, eminence]

n 1: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus] 2: a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) [syn: encumbrance, incumbrance] 3: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference]

n 1: the power to withstand hardship or stress; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance" 2: a state of surviving; remaining alive [syn: survival, endurance]

n 1: something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" [syn: entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree] 2: a movement into or inward [syn: entrance, entering] 3: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming] v 1: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant] 2: put into a trance [syn: entrance, spellbind]

n 1: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty] 2: any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted 3: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist] 4: a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor [syn: perfume, essence]

n 1: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" [syn: evidence, grounds] 2: an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear" 3: (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved v 1: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence] 2: provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" [syn: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show] 3: give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague" [syn: tell, evidence]

n 1: the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" [syn: being, beingness, existence] [ant: nonbeing, nonentity, nonexistence] 2: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm]

n 1: excessive excess [syn: exorbitance, outrageousness]

n 1: the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth; "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description" [syn: extravagance, extravagancy] 2: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance, prodigality, profligacy] 3: excessive spending [syn: extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life]

n 1: joyful enthusiasm 2: overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval [syn: exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience]

n 1: extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance" [syn: flamboyance, floridness, floridity, showiness]

n 1: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence [syn: patience, forbearance, longanimity] [ant: impatience] 2: a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"

n 1: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding] 2: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" [syn: prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance]

n 1: a former English silver coin worth four pennies [syn: fourpence, groat]