Words that rhyme with mesalliance

  • affiance
    v 1: give to in marriage [syn: betroth, engage, affiance, plight]
  • alliance
    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]
  • ambience
    n 1: a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" [syn: atmosphere, ambiance, ambience] 2: the atmosphere of an environment [syn: ambiance, ambience]
  • appliance
    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
  • audience
    n 1: a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough" 2: the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions" 3: an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience" [syn: hearing, audience] 4: a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king" [syn: consultation, audience, interview]
  • brilliance
    n 1: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance] 2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness] 3: unusual mental ability [syn: brilliance, genius]
  • clearance
    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"
  • compliance
    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]
  • convenience
    n 1: the state of being suitable or opportune; "chairs arranged for his own convenience" 2: the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan" [ant: inconvenience] 3: a toilet that is available to the public [syn: public toilet, comfort station, public convenience, convenience, public lavatory, restroom, toilet facility, wash room] 4: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget]
  • covariance
    n 1: (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
  • credence
    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]
  • dalliance
    n 1: the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working [syn: dalliance, dawdling, trifling] 2: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [syn: flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying]
  • defiance
    n 1: intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude [syn: defiance, rebelliousness] 2: a hostile challenge 3: a defiant act
  • deviance
    n 1: a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance] 2: deviate behavior [syn: deviation, deviance]
  • disobedience
    n 1: the failure to obey [syn: disobedience, noncompliance] [ant: abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity, obedience, obeisance] 2: the trait of being unwilling to obey [ant: obedience]
  • ebullience
    n 1: overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval [syn: exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience]
  • essence
    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]
  • esurience
    n 1: excessive desire to eat [syn: edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness] 2: extreme gluttony [syn: edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness]
  • expedience
    n 1: the quality of being suited to the end in view [syn: expedience, expediency] [ant: inexpedience, inexpediency] 2: taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others [syn: opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking, expedience]
  • experience
    n 1: the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher" [ant: inexperience, rawness] 2: the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" 3: an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention" v 1: go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" [syn: experience, see, go through] 2: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" [syn: know, experience, live] 3: go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: experience, receive, have, get] 4: undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" [syn: feel, experience] 5: undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up" [syn: have, experience]
  • fragrance
    n 1: a distinctive odor that is pleasant [syn: aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent] 2: a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness]
  • grievance
    n 1: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" [syn: grudge, score, grievance] 2: an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice 3: a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
  • guidance
    n 1: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action [syn: guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction] 2: the act of guiding or showing the way [syn: guidance, steering] 3: the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" [syn: steering, guidance, direction]
  • hindrance
    n 1: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap] 2: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference] 3: the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding [syn: hindrance, hinderance, interference]
  • incipience
    n 1: beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" [syn: incipiency, incipience]
  • inconvenience
    n 1: an inconvenient discomfort [syn: inconvenience, incommodiousness] 2: a difficulty that causes anxiety [syn: troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment] 3: the quality of not being useful or convenient [ant: convenience] v 1: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]
  • inexpedience
    n 1: the quality of being unsuited to the end in view [syn: inexpedience, inexpediency] [ant: expedience, expediency]
  • inexperience
    n 1: lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops" [syn: inexperience, rawness] [ant: experience]
  • insouciance
    n 1: the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you [syn: carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness]
  • invariance
    n 1: the quality of being resistant to variation [syn: invariability, invariableness, invariance] [ant: variability, variableness, variance] 2: the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it; "the invariance of the configuration under translation"
  • lenience
    n 1: mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant [syn: lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity] 2: a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child" [syn: indulgence, lenience, leniency] 3: lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers [syn: lenience, leniency]
  • luxuriance
    n 1: the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses [syn: luxuriance, lushness, voluptuousness]
  • misalliance
    n 1: an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
  • monstrance
    n 1: proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion [syn: demonstration, monstrance] 2: (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration [syn: monstrance, ostensorium]
  • obedience
    n 1: the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person [syn: obedience, obeisance] [ant: disobedience, noncompliance] 2: the trait of being willing to obey [ant: disobedience] 3: behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes" [syn: obedience, respect]
  • omniscience
    n 1: the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
  • penance
    n 1: remorse for your past conduct [syn: repentance, penitence, penance] 2: a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution 3: voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing [syn: penance, self-mortification, self- abasement]
  • pittance
    n 1: an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"
  • preference
    n 1: a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" [syn: preference, penchant, predilection, taste] 2: a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation" [syn: predilection, preference, orientation] 3: the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake" [syn: preference, druthers] 4: grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)
  • prescience
    n 1: the power to foresee the future [syn: prescience, prevision]
  • provenience
    n 1: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn: birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience]
  • prudence
    n 1: discretion in practical affairs [ant: imprudence] 2: knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion" [syn: discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence]
  • prurience
    n 1: feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness [syn: prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnality, lubricity]
  • puissance
    n 1: power to influence or coerce; "the puissance of the labor vote"
  • quittance
    n 1: a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt 2: payment of a debt or obligation [syn: repayment, quittance]
  • radiance
    n 1: the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface [syn: radiance, glow, glowing] 2: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light [syn: radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency] 3: an attractive combination of good health and happiness; "the radiance of her countenance"
  • reliance
    n 1: certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun" [syn: reliance, trust] 2: the state of relying on something
  • resilience
    n 1: the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit [syn: resilience, resiliency] 2: an occurrence of rebounding or springing back [syn: resilience, resiliency]
  • reverence
    n 1: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence, awe, veneration] 2: a reverent mental attitude [ant: irreverence] 3: an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy) v 1: regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" [syn: reverence, fear, revere, venerate]
  • riddance
    n 1: the act of removing or getting rid of something [syn: elimination, riddance] 2: the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" [syn: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance]
  • salience
    n 1: the state of being salient [syn: salience, saliency, strikingness]
  • sapience
    n 1: ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight [syn: wisdom, sapience]
  • science
    n 1: a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics" [syn: science, scientific discipline] 2: ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism" [syn: skill, science]
  • sentence
    n 1: a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences" 2: (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" [syn: conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence] [ant: acquittal] 3: the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail" [syn: prison term, sentence, time] v 1: pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" [syn: sentence, condemn, doom]
  • stridence
    n 1: having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound [syn: shrillness, stridence, stridency]
  • subservience
    n 1: the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan" 2: in a subservient state [syn: subservience, subservientness] 3: abject or cringing submissiveness [syn: obsequiousness, servility, subservience]
  • substance
    n 1: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes" 2: 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] 3: the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" [syn: meaning, substance] 4: material of a particular kind or constitution; "the immune response recognizes invading substances" 5: considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means" [syn: means, substance] 6: what a communication that is about something is about [syn: message, content, subject matter, substance] 7: a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties; "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man"
  • temperance
    n 1: the trait of avoiding excesses [syn: temperance, moderation] [ant: intemperance] 2: abstaining from excess [syn: sobriety, temperance] 3: the act of tempering
  • transience
    n 1: an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying [syn: transience, transiency, transitoriness] 2: the attribute of being brief or fleeting [syn: brevity, briefness, transience]
  • variance
    n 1: an event that departs from expectations [syn: discrepancy, variance, variant] 2: discord that splits a group [syn: division, variance] 3: the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value 4: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance] 5: the quality of being subject to variation [syn: variability, variableness, variance] [ant: invariability, invariableness, invariance] 6: an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); "a zoning variance" 7: an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported" [syn: variation, variance]
  • voidance
    n 1: the act of removing the contents of something [syn: emptying, voidance, evacuation]
  • potence
    n 1: the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse [syn: potency, potence] [ant: impotence, impotency]
  • nescience
    n 1: ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs) [syn: ignorantness, nescience, unknowing, unknowingness]
  • neuroscience
    n 1: the scientific study of the nervous system
  • clairaudience
  • irradiance
  • percipience

See also mesalliance definition