Words that rhyme with perversion

• ablation 0
  n 1: surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision] 2: the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
• ablution 0
  n 1: the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
• abortion 0
  n 1: termination of pregnancy 2: failure of a plan [syn: miscarriage, abortion]
• abrasion 0
  n 1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation] 2: erosion by friction [syn: abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition] 3: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice [syn: grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition]
• absolution 0
  n 1: the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance 2: the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance [syn: absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin]
• accession 0
  n 1: a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession" 2: (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement 3: something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff" [syn: accession, addition] 4: agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination" [syn: accession, assenting] 5: the right to enter [syn: entree, access, accession, admission, admittance] 6: the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558" [syn: accession, rise to power] v 1: make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
• accumulation 0
  n 1: an increase by natural growth or addition [syn: accretion, accumulation] 2: several things grouped together or considered as a whole [syn: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage] 3: the act of accumulating [syn: accumulation, accrual, accruement] 4: (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
• adhesion 0
  n 1: abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen 2: a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures 3: 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] 4: 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]
• aggression 0
  n 1: a disposition to behave aggressively 2: a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack [syn: aggression, aggressiveness] 3: violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked [syn: aggression, hostility] 4: the act of initiating hostilities 5: deliberately unfriendly behavior
• allocution 0
  n 1: (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
• allusion 0
  n 1: passing reference or indirect mention
• animadversion 0
  n 1: harsh criticism or disapproval [syn: censure, animadversion]
• apportion 0
  v 1: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip" [syn: allocate, apportion] 2: give out as one's portion or share [syn: share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal]
• artesian 0
  adj 1: (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure" [ant: subartesian]
• ashen 0
  adj 1: anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn: ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white] 2: made of wood of the ash tree
• aspersion 0
  n 1: a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility" [syn: aspersion, slur] 2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration] 3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn: aspersion, sprinkling]
• assertion 0
  n 1: a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) [syn: assertion, averment, asseveration] 2: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something [syn: affirmation, assertion, statement]
• attribution 0
  n 1: assigning some quality or character to a person or thing; "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned" [syn: attribution, ascription] 2: assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso" [syn: attribution, ascription]
• aversion 0
  n 1: a feeling of intense dislike [syn: antipathy, aversion, distaste] 2: the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry" [syn: aversion, averting]
• caution 0
  n 1: the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger; "a man of caution" [syn: caution, cautiousness, carefulness] [ant: incaution, incautiousness] 2: a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices" [syn: caution, caveat] 3: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care" [syn: caution, precaution, care, forethought] 4: the trait of being circumspect and prudent [syn: circumspection, caution] v 1: warn strongly; put on guard [syn: caution, admonish, monish]
• cession 0
  n 1: the act of ceding [syn: cession, ceding]
• circumcision 0
  n 1: (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st [syn: Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January 1] 2: the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite 3: the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males
• circumlocution 0
  n 1: a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things [syn: circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage] 2: an indirect way of expressing something [syn: circumlocution, indirect expression]
• circumvolution 0
  n 1: the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis
• cohesion 0
  n 1: the state of cohering or sticking together [syn: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness] [ant: incoherence, incoherency] 2: (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) 3: (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
• collision 0
  n 1: (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" [syn: collision, hit] 2: an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill" 3: a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"
• collusion 0
  n 1: secret agreement 2: agreement on a secret plot [syn: connivance, collusion]
• commotion 0
  n 1: 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] 2: the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult] 3: confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" [syn: whirl, commotion]
• compassion 0
  n 1: a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering [syn: compassion, compassionateness] 2: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it [syn: compassion, pity]
• compression 0
  n 1: an increase in the density of something [syn: compaction, compression, concretion, densification] 2: the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling" [syn: compression, condensation, contraction] 3: encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required [ant: decompression] 4: applying pressure [syn: compression, compressing] [ant: decompressing, decompression]
• concession 0
  n 1: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [syn: concession, grant] 2: the act of conceding or yielding [syn: concession, conceding, yielding] 3: a point conceded or yielded; "they won all the concessions they asked for"
• concision 0
  n 1: terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words [syn: conciseness, concision, pithiness, succinctness]
• conclusion 0
  n 1: a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion] 2: an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion" 3: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 4: event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" [syn: ending, conclusion, finish] [ant: beginning] 5: the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) [syn: conclusion, ratiocination] 6: the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" [syn: termination, ending, conclusion] 7: a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty" 8: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending] 9: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion]
• concussion 0
  n 1: injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness 2: any violent blow
• confession 0
  n 1: an admission of misdeeds or faults 2: a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party 3: (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution 4: a public declaration of your faith 5: the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
• confusion 0
  n 1: disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion" 2: a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" [syn: confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray] 3: a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused [syn: confusion, discombobulation] 4: an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel" 5: a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" [syn: confusion, mix-up]
• constitution 0
  n 1: law determining the fundamental political principles of a government [syn: fundamental law, organic law, constitution] 2: the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" [syn: constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation] 3: the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states [syn: United States Constitution, U.S. Constitution, US Constitution, Constitution, Constitution of the United States] 4: the way in which someone or something is composed [syn: constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up] 5: a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston [syn: Constitution, Old Ironsides]
• contemplation 0
  n 1: a long and thoughtful observation 2: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration [syn: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness]
• contortion 0
  n 1: the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) [syn: contortion, deformation] 2: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions" [syn: tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness]
• contribution 0
  n 1: the part played by a person in bringing about a result; "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work" [syn: contribution, part, share] 2: a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause [syn: contribution, donation] 3: act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity [syn: contribution, donation] 4: an amount of money contributed; "he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest" 5: a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story
• contusion 0
  n 1: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration [syn: bruise, contusion] 2: the action of bruising; "the bruise resulted from a contusion"
• conversion 0
  n 1: an event that results in a transformation [syn: conversion, transition, changeover] 2: a change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade" 3: a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown 4: a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life [syn: conversion, rebirth, spiritual rebirth] 5: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis 6: a change of religion; "his conversion to the Catholic faith" 7: interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition 8: act of exchanging one type of money or security for another 9: the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
• convolution 0
  n 1: the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution] 2: a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain [syn: gyrus, convolution] 3: the action of coiling or twisting or winding together
• corrosion 0
  n 1: a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action 2: erosion by chemical action [syn: corrosion, corroding, erosion]
• counterrevolution 0
  n 1: a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution
• cushion 0
  n 1: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks" [syn: shock absorber, shock, cushion] 2: the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle 3: a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc. v 1: protect from impact; "cushion the blow" [syn: cushion, buffer, soften]
• decision 0
  n 1: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion] 2: a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion] 3: (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred; "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent" 4: the outcome of a game or contest; "the team dropped three decisions in a row" 5: the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; "a man of unusual decisiveness" [syn: decisiveness, decision] [ant: indecision, indecisiveness]
• decompression 0
  n 1: restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display [ant: compression] 2: relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) [syn: decompression, decompressing] [ant: compressing, compression]
• deflation 0
  n 1: (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of the desert landscape" 2: a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices [ant: disinflation, inflation, rising prices] 3: the act of letting the air out of something [ant: inflation]
• delusion 0
  n 1: (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary [syn: delusion, psychotic belief] 2: a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination" [syn: delusion, hallucination] 3: the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas [syn: delusion, illusion, head game]
• demotion 0
  n 1: act of lowering in rank or position [ant: promotion]
• depression 0
  n 1: a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity [ant: elation] 2: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment [syn: depression, slump, economic crisis] 3: a sunken or depressed geological formation [syn: natural depression, depression] [ant: elevation, natural elevation] 4: sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy 5: a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment [syn: Depression, Great Depression] 6: an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" [syn: low, depression] 7: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention [syn: depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression] 8: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn: depression, impression, imprint] 9: angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) 10: pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
• derision 0
  n 1: contemptuous laughter 2: the act of deriding or treating with contempt [syn: derision, ridicule]
• desertion 0
  n 1: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" [syn: desertion, abandonment, defection] 2: the act of giving something up [syn: abandonment, forsaking, desertion]
• destitution 0
  n 1: a state without friends or money or prospects
• devolution 0
  n 1: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality [syn: degeneration, devolution] [ant: development, evolution] 2: the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) [syn: devolution, devolvement]
• diffusion 0
  n 1: (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration 2: the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another 3: the property of being diffused or dispersed [syn: dissemination, diffusion] 4: the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge" [syn: dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion]
• digression 0
  n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis] 2: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation] 3: wandering from the main path of a journey [syn: digression, excursion]
• dilution 0
  n 1: a diluted solution 2: weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner [ant: concentration]
• diminution 0
  n 1: change toward something smaller or lower [syn: decline, diminution] 2: the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) [ant: augmentation] 3: the act of decreasing or reducing something [syn: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down] [ant: increase, step-up]
• discretion 0
  n 1: freedom to act or judge on one's own 2: knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion" [syn: discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence] 3: refined taste; tact [syn: delicacy, discretion] 4: the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies [syn: free will, discretion] 5: the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment" [syn: discretion, discernment]
• discussion 0
  n 1: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased" [syn: discussion, treatment, discourse] 2: an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" [syn: discussion, give-and-take, word]
• disillusion 0
  n 1: freeing from false belief or illusions [syn: disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment] v 1: free from enchantment [syn: disenchant, disillusion] [ant: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport]
• disinflation 0
  n 1: a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments [ant: deflation, inflation, rising prices]
• dispersion 0
  n 1: spreading widely or driving off [syn: dispersion, scattering] 2: the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution" [syn: distribution, dispersion] [ant: compactness, concentration, denseness, density, tightness] 3: the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge" [syn: dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion]
• dispossession 0
  n 1: the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law [syn: eviction, dispossession, legal ouster] 2: freeing from evil spirits [syn: exorcism, dispossession]
• disproportion 0
  n 1: lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something [ant: proportion, symmetry]
• dissolution 0
  n 1: separation into component parts [syn: dissolution, disintegration] 2: the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water" [syn: dissolving, dissolution] 3: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness] 4: the termination of a meeting [syn: adjournment, dissolution] 5: the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) [syn: dissolution, breakup]
• dissuasion 0
  n 1: a communication that dissuades you 2: persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action [ant: persuasion, suasion]
• distortion 0
  n 1: a change for the worse [syn: distortion, deformation] 2: a shape resulting from distortion [syn: distorted shape, distortion] 3: an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image [syn: aberration, distortion, optical aberration] 4: a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal); "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion" 5: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean [syn: distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting] 6: the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
• distribution 0
  n 1: (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence [syn: distribution, statistical distribution] 2: the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution" [syn: distribution, dispersion] [ant: compactness, concentration, denseness, density, tightness] 3: the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning 4: the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
• diversion 0
  n 1: an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" [syn: diversion, recreation] 2: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation] 3: an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack [syn: diversion, diversionary attack]
• division 0
  n 1: an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve" 2: one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" [syn: part, section, division] 3: the act or process of dividing 4: an administrative unit in government or business 5: discord that splits a group [syn: division, variance] 6: a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" [syn: class, division] 7: (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category 8: (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum 9: a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings [syn: division, air division] 10: a group of ships of similar type [syn: division, naval division] 11: an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed 12: the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart [syn: division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation]
• effusion 0
  n 1: an unrestrained expression of emotion [syn: effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition] 2: flow under pressure
• egression 0
  n 1: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent [syn: egress, egression, emergence]
• electrocution 0
  n 1: execution by electricity [syn: electrocution, burning] 2: killing by electric shock
• elision 0
  n 1: omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next) 2: a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" [syn: exception, exclusion, elision]
• elocution 0
  n 1: an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
• elution 0
  n 1: the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions
• emersion 0
  n 1: (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse [syn: egress, emersion] [ant: immersion, ingress] 2: the act of emerging [syn: emergence, emersion]
• emotion 0
  n 1: any strong feeling
• encapsulation 0
  n 1: the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule); "the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths" 2: the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
• envision 0
  v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image] 2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President" [syn: envision, foresee]
• equation 0
  n 1: a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal 2: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality, equivalence, equation, par] 3: the act of regarding as equal [syn: equation, equating]
• erosion 0
  n 1: (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) [syn: erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away] 2: condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind 3: a gradual decline of something; "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors" 4: erosion by chemical action [syn: corrosion, corroding, erosion]
• evasion 0
  n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: evasion, equivocation] 2: the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment" [syn: evasion, nonpayment] [ant: defrayal, defrayment, payment] 3: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" [syn: evasion, escape, dodging] 4: the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
• evolution 0
  n 1: a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer" [syn: development, evolution] [ant: degeneration, devolution] 2: (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms [syn: evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis]
• excision 0
  n 1: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" [syn: deletion, excision, cut] 2: surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision] 3: the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society [syn: excommunication, excision] 4: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence [syn: extirpation, excision, deracination]
• exclusion 0
  n 1: the state of being excluded [ant: inclusion] 2: the state of being excommunicated [syn: excommunication, exclusion, censure] 3: a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" [syn: exception, exclusion, elision] 4: 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]
• excursion 0
  n 1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay] 2: wandering from the main path of a journey [syn: digression, excursion]
• execution 0
  n 1: putting a condemned person to death [syn: execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty] 2: the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance" [syn: performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action] 3: (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer [syn: execution, instruction execution] 4: (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable [syn: execution, execution of instrument] 5: a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out [syn: execution, writ of execution] 6: the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy" [syn: execution, implementation, carrying out] 7: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being [syn: murder, slaying, execution]
• exertion 0
  n 1: use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" [syn: effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat]
• explosion 0
  n 1: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction [syn: explosion, detonation, blowup] 2: the act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft" [syn: explosion, burst] 3: a sudden great increase; "the population explosion"; "the information explosion" 4: the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away" 5: the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant [syn: plosion, explosion] 6: a sudden outburst; "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage" 7: a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
• expression 0
  n 1: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn: expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face] 2: expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition" [syn: expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion] 3: the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours" [syn: expression, verbal expression, verbalism] 4: a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression" [syn: saying, expression, locution] 5: the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared" [syn: formulation, expression] 6: a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement [syn: formula, expression] 7: (genetics) the process of expressing a gene 8: a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner" [syn: construction, grammatical construction, expression] [ant: misconstruction] 9: the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing; "the expression of milk from her breast"
• extortion 0
  n 1: an exorbitant charge 2: unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty" 3: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
• extraversion 0
  n 1: (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self [syn: extraversion, extroversion] [ant: ambiversion, introversion]
• extroversion 0
  n 1: (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self [syn: extraversion, extroversion] [ant: ambiversion, introversion]
• extrusion 0
  n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 2: squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple" [syn: extrusion, expulsion]
• fashion 0
  n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn: manner, mode, style, way, fashion] 2: characteristic or habitual practice 3: the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior 4: consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode v 1: make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" [syn: fashion, forge]
• freshen 0
  v 1: make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us" [syn: refresh, freshen] 2: become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game" [syn: freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up] 3: make fresh again [syn: refresh, freshen, refreshen] [ant: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary]

See also perversion definition