| ACCLAMATION | • acclamation n. A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause. • acclamation n. The act of winning an election to a post because there were no other candidates. • acclamation n. (Art) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. |
| ACCLIMATION | • acclimation n. The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization. • acclimation n. (Biology) The adaptation of an organism to its natural climatic environment. • ACCLIMATION n. the act of acclimating. |
| AFFIRMATION | • affirmation n. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. • affirmation n. (Law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath. • affirmation n. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion. |
| CHRISMATION | • chrismation n. (Ecclesiastical) The sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches. • chrismation n. (Ecclesiastical) In general, the act of applying chrism, or consecrated oil. • CHRISMATION n. the sacrament of baptism in Eastern churches. |
| COLLIMATION | • collimation n. The act of collimating or something collimated. • collimation n. Aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations. • COLLIMATION n. the act of making parallel. |
| DECLAMATION | • declamation n. The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public. • declamation n. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. • declamation n. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense. |
| DEFORMATION | • deformation n. The act of deforming, or state of being deformed. • deformation n. A transformation; change of shape. • DEFORMATION n. alteration of form or shape. |
| DEPLUMATION | • deplumation n. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. • deplumation n. (Medicine) Loss of the eyelashes due to disease of the eyelids. • deplumation n. (Metaphoric) The stripping of someone’s symbol(s) of status and prestige; humiliation. |
| DESPUMATION | • despumation n. The act of throwing up froth or scum. • despumation n. Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification. • DESPUMATION n. the throwing off of impurities. |
| EXANIMATION | • exanimation n. Deprivation of life or spirits. • EXANIMATION n. lifelessness. |
| EXCLAMATION | • exclamation n. A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. • exclamation n. A word expressing outcry; an interjection. • exclamation n. (Linguistics) A clause type used to make an exclamatory statement: What a mess they made!; How stupid I was! |
| INANIMATION | • inanimation n. Lack of animation; lifeless; dullness. • inanimation n. Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration. • INANIMATION n. the state of being inanimate. |
| INCREMATION | • incremation n. Burning; especially, the act of burning a dead body; cremation. • INCREMATION n. the act of incremating. |
| INFORMATION | • information n. That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is". • information n. Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. • information n. The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification. |
| LACRIMATION | • lacrimation n. The shedding of tears; crying. • LACRIMATION n. the secretion of tears, also LACHRYMATION. |
| PROXIMATION | • proximation n. Proximity. • proximation n. Approximation. • PROXIMATION n. immediate nearness in time, place, relationship, etc., also PROXIMITY. |
| REANIMATION | • reanimation n. The act of reanimating; a second or subsequent animation. • REANIMATION n. the act of reanimating. |
| RECLAMATION | • reclamation n. The act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed. • reclamation n. The recovery of a wasteland, or of flooded land so it can be cultivated. • RECLAMATION n. the act of reclaiming. |
| REFORMATION | • reformation n. An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices… • reformation n. (Law) Change or correction, by a court in equity, to a written instrument to conform to the original… • Reformation prop.n. (Historical) The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church. |
| SUBLIMATION | • sublimation n. (Chemistry) The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that… • sublimation n. (Psychology) The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive. • sublimation n. Elevation; exaltation; a making sublime. |