Words that rhyme with realignment

n 1: the act of giving something up [syn: abandonment, forsaking, desertion] 2: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" [syn: desertion, abandonment, defection] 3: the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away

n 1: the termination of a meeting [syn: adjournment, dissolution] 2: the act of postponing to another time or place

n 1: a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness 2: the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting

n 1: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement] [ant: nonalignment, nonalinement] 2: the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines 3: (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac [syn: conjunction, alignment] 4: the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

n 1: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" [syn: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation]

n 1: a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment

n 1: a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty" [syn: assignment, duty assignment] 2: the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another 3: the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum" [syn: assignment, assigning] 4: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn: grant, assignment] 5: an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) 6: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" [syn: appointment, assignment, designation, naming]

n 1: compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store" [syn: atonement, expiation, satisfaction] 2: the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) [syn: expiation, atonement, propitiation]

n 1: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" [syn: camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac]

n 1: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" [syn: parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed] 2: the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them 3: the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement" 4: the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); "the restriction of the infection to a focal area" [syn: restriction, confinement]

n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment] 2: the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: commitment, committal, consignment] 3: the delivery of goods for sale or disposal

n 1: a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975" 2: (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor 3: the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"

n 1: a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" [syn: detention, detainment, hold, custody]

n 1: the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office [syn: deposition, dethronement]

n 1: the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" [syn: understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy] 2: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" [syn: taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness] 3: perception of that which is obscure [syn: discernment, perceptiveness] 4: the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations [syn: sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment] 5: the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment" [syn: discretion, discernment]

n 1: the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles [syn: discouragement, disheartenment, dismay] 2: a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted

n 1: preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals

n 1: education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge [ant: unenlightenment] 2: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn: nirvana, enlightenment] 3: a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine; "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms" [syn: Enlightenment, Age of Reason]

n 1: an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention [syn: entertainment, amusement]

n 1: the ceremony of installing a new monarch [syn: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture]

n 1: the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture]

n 1: the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" 2: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country-- the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environment, environs, surroundings, surround]

n 1: the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" [syn: government, authorities, regime] 2: the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" [syn: government, governing, governance, government activity, administration] 3: (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government" 4: the study of government of states and other political units [syn: politics, political science, government]

n 1: putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment 2: the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon" [syn: captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement] 3: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) [syn: imprisonment, internment]

n 1: confinement during wartime 2: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) [syn: imprisonment, internment] 3: placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage]

n 1: the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned

n 1: government that is inefficient or dishonest [syn: misgovernment, misrule]

n 1: the act of obtaining [syn: obtainment, obtention]

n 1: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" [syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait] 2: act of putting off to a future time [syn: postponement, deferment, deferral]

n 1: a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) [syn: reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation]

n 1: assignment to a different duty

n 1: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish] 2: the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique" [syn: refinement, elaboration] 3: the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) [syn: refining, refinement, purification] 4: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" [syn: nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement] 5: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization" [syn: refinement, civilization, civilisation]

n 1: a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event [syn: documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainment]

n 1: people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty [syn: nonalignment, nonalinement] [ant: alignment, alinement, alliance, coalition]

n 1: entertainment that is intended to be educational