Words that rhyme with libation

• 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]
• approbation 0
  n 1: official approval 2: official recognition or approval [ant: condemnation, disapprobation]
• automation 0
  n 1: the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware; "automation replaces human workers by machines" [syn: automation, mechanization, mechanisation] 2: the condition of being automatically operated or controlled; "automation increases productivity" 3: equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation; "this factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment"
• carnation 0
  adj 1: pink or pinkish n 1: Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors [syn: carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus] 2: a pink or reddish-pink color
• causation 0
  n 1: the act of causing something to happen [syn: causing, causation]
• cessation 0
  n 1: a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" [syn: cessation, surcease]
• cetacean 0
  adj 1: of or relating to whales and dolphins etc [syn: cetacean, cetaceous] n 1: large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals [syn: cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower]
• citation 0
  n 1: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement [syn: citation, commendation] 2: (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) 3: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation] 4: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation, quote, citation] 5: a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding 6: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948
• constipation 0
  n 1: irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis [syn: constipation, irregularity] 2: the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) [syn: stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening]
• conurbation 0
  n 1: an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities [syn: conurbation, urban sprawl, sprawl]
• 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]
• cremation 0
  n 1: the incineration of a dead body
• crustacean 0
  adj 1: of or belonging to the class Crustacea [syn: crustaceous, crustacean] n 1: any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
• damnation 0
  n 1: the act of damning 2: the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell [syn: damnation, eternal damnation]
• decapitation 0
  n 1: execution by cutting off the victim's head [syn: decapitation, beheading] 2: killing by cutting off the head [syn: decapitation, beheading]
• deliberation 0
  n 1: (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question; "the deliberations of the jury" 2: careful consideration; "a little deliberation would have deterred them" [syn: deliberation, weighing, advisement] 3: planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting" [syn: calculation, deliberation] 4: a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry [syn: slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness] 5: the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision; "he was a man of judicial deliberation" [syn: deliberation, deliberateness]
• dissipation 0
  n 1: breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist" 2: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness] 3: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources" [syn: waste, wastefulness, dissipation]
• emancipation 0
  n 1: freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
• exacerbation 0
  n 1: action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care" [syn: aggravation, exacerbation] 2: violent and bitter exasperation; "his foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel"
• exculpation 0
  n 1: a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable" [syn: excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification] 2: the act of freeing from guilt or blame
• extirpation 0
  n 1: surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision] 2: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence [syn: extirpation, excision, deracination]
• frustration 0
  n 1: the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals [syn: frustration, defeat] 2: an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts [syn: frustration, thwarting, foiling] 3: a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized; "her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration"
• incubation 0
  n 1: maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development 2: (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear 3: sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body [syn: brooding, incubation]
• inculpation 0
  n 1: an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver" [syn: incrimination, inculpation, blame]
• initiation 0
  n 1: a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame" [syn: initiation, induction, installation] 2: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration] 3: wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge; "his knowledgeability impressed me"; "his dullness was due to lack of initiation" [syn: knowledgeability, knowledgeableness, initiation] 4: an act that sets in motion some course of events [syn: trigger, induction, initiation]
• innovation 0
  n 1: a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation [syn: invention, innovation] 2: the creation of something in the mind [syn: invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design] 3: 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]
• inoculation 0
  n 1: taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease [syn: inoculation, vaccination]
• insemination 0
  n 1: the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.) 2: the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female
• insinuation 0
  n 1: an indirect (and usually malicious) implication [syn: insinuation, innuendo] 2: the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments; "she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor" [syn: ingratiation, insinuation]
• inspiration 0
  n 1: arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity 2: a product of your creative thinking and work; "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists"; "after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality" [syn: inspiration, brainchild] 3: a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem 4: (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings; "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance" [syn: divine guidance, inspiration] 5: arousing to a particular emotion or action [syn: inspiration, stirring] 6: the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing [syn: inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing in]
• installation 0
  n 1: the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" [syn: installation, installing, installment, instalment] 2: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" [syn: facility, installation] 3: a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame" [syn: initiation, induction, installation]
• location 0
  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]
• malformation 0
  n 1: an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed [syn: deformity, malformation, misshapenness] 2: something abnormal or anomalous [syn: malformation, miscreation]
• masturbation 0
  n 1: manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure [syn: masturbation, onanism]
• migration 0
  n 1: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another 2: a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) 3: (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule 4: the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding
• nation 0
  n 1: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 2: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation, land, country] 3: United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) [syn: Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation] 4: a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"
• occupation 0
  n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation, business, job, line of work, line] 2: the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power [syn: occupation, military control] 3: any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game" 4: the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" [syn: occupation, occupancy, moving in] 5: the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"
• participation 0
  n 1: the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" [syn: engagement, participation, involvement, involution] [ant: non-engagement, non- involvement, nonparticipation] 2: the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) [syn: participation, involvement]
• perturbation 0
  n 1: 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] 2: (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly 3: 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] 4: a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset [syn: perturbation, fluster] 5: the act of causing disorder [syn: disruption, perturbation]
• preoccupation 0
  n 1: an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention 2: the mental state of being preoccupied by something [syn: preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment] 3: the act of taking occupancy before someone else does [syn: preoccupancy, preoccupation]
• probation 0
  n 1: a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership 2: a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself 3: (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court; "probation is part of the sentencing process"
• ration 0
  n 1: the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced" 2: a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) v 1: restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city" 2: distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" [syn: ration, ration out]
• reprobation 0
  n 1: rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell 2: severe disapproval
• reputation 0
  n 1: the state of being held in high esteem and honor [syn: repute, reputation] [ant: discredit, disrepute] 2: notoriety for some particular characteristic; "his reputation for promiscuity" 3: the general estimation that the public has for a person; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report" [syn: reputation, report]
• situation 0
  n 1: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt [syn: situation, state of affairs] 2: a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation" [syn: situation, position] 3: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple" 4: physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides" [syn: site, situation] 5: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation]
• station 0
  n 1: a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" 2: proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station" [syn: place, station] 3: (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty 4: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station" [syn: post, station] 5: the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station v 1: assign to a station [syn: station, post, send, place]
• syncopation 0
  n 1: (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: syncope, syncopation] 2: a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat 3: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
• usurpation 0
  n 1: entry to another's property without right or permission [syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation] 2: wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"
• vacillation 0
  n 1: indecision in speech or action [syn: hesitation, vacillation, wavering] 2: changing location by moving back and forth [syn: swing, swinging, vacillation]
• haitian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people; "Haitian shantytowns" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Haiti
• alsatian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants n 1: a native or inhabitant of Alsace 2: breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind [syn: German shepherd, German shepherd dog, German police dog, alsatian]
• croatian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language; "Croatian villages" n 1: a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia [syn: Croatian, Croat]
• dalmatian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants n 1: a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia 2: a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia [syn: dalmatian, coach dog, carriage dog]
• bashan 0
• prelibation 0
• titubation 0

See also libation definition