| AGGRESSION | • aggression n. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion. • aggression n. The practice or habit of launching attacks. • aggression n. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions. |
| CONCESSION | • concession n. The act of conceding. • concession n. An act of conceding, particularly… • concession n. A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor. |
| CONFESSION | • confession n. The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). • confession n. A formal document providing such an admission. • confession n. (Christianity) The disclosure of one’s sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church… |
| DEGRESSION | • degression n. (Obsolete) Descent, the act of descending. • degression n. (Economics) Degressive taxation, a system of progressive decreases in a rate of taxation (As tariffs… • degression n. (Publishing) Degressive description, a system of varying descriptions of a book in accordance to its… |
| DEPRESSION | • depression n. (Psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment… • depression n. (Psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned… • depression n. (Geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings. |
| DIGRESSION | • digression n. An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing. • digression n. (Generally uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly… • digression n. (Obsolete) A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule. |
| EXPRESSION | • expression n. The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. • expression n. A particular way of phrasing an idea. • expression n. A colloquialism or idiom. |
| IMPRESSION | • impression n. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. • impression n. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person. • impression n. A vague recalling of an event, a belief. |
| INGRESSION | • ingression n. The act or process of entering or intruding. • ingression n. (Metaphysics) The process by which a potentiality enters into actuality. • ingression n. (Biology) The inward migration of cells from the blastula during gastrulation. |
| OPPRESSION | • oppression n. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. • oppression n. The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed. • oppression n. A feeling of being oppressed. |
| POSSESSION | • possession n. Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights. • possession n. Something that is owned. • possession n. Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one’s own. |
| PRECESSION | • precession n. (Uncountable) Precedence. • precession n. (Physics, countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force… • precession n. (Astronomy, uncountable) The slow gyration of the earth’s axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused… |
| PROCESSION | • procession n. The act of progressing or proceeding. • procession n. A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons… • procession n. A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time). |
| PROFESSION | • profession n. Declaration of faith. • profession n. Professional occupation. • PROFESSION n. a calling. |
| REGRESSION | • regression n. An action of regressing, a return to a previous state. • regression n. An action of travelling mentally back in time. • regression n. (Psychotherapy) A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to… |
| REPRESSION | • repression n. The act of repressing; state of being repressed. • repression n. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses. • REPRESSION n. the act of repressing. |
| SUCCESSION | • succession n. An act of following in sequence. • succession n. A sequence of things in order. • succession n. A passing of royal powers. |