| APOCOPATION | • apocopation n. (Linguistics) A word formed by removing the end of a longer word. • APOCOPATION n. the cutting off of the last sound or syllable of a word. |
| CRISPATIONS | • crispations n. Plural of crispation. • CRISPATION n. the state of being curled. |
| DISSIPATION | • dissipation n. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. • dissipation n. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness… • dissipation n. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. |
| EXCULPATION | • exculpation n. The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime. • exculpation n. That which exculpates; an excuse. • EXCULPATION n. the act of exculpating. |
| EXTIRPATION | • extirpation n. The act of extirpating or uprooting. • EXTIRPATION n. the act of extirpating. |
| FORCIPATION | • forcipation n. Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. • FORCIPATION n. torture by pinching with forceps. |
| INCULPATION | • inculpation n. Blame; censure; crimination. • INCULPATION n. the act of inculpating. |
| MANCIPATION | • mancipation n. (Obsolete) Slavery. • mancipation n. (Historical) In Ancient Rome, a legal formality for acquiring title to property by actual or by simulated purchase. • MANCIPATION n. (historical) legal transfer by actual or symbolic sale. |
| NUNCUPATION | • nuncupation n. (Obsolete) The act of nuncupating. • NUNCUPATION n. the act of uttering a vow. |
| OBSTIPATION | • obstipation n. Severe constipation caused by intestinal obstruction. • OBSTIPATION n. a severe and obstinate constipation. |
| OCCUPATIONS | • occupations n. Plural of occupation. • OCCUPATION n. an activity in which one engages. |
| SYNCOPATION | • syncopation n. (Linguistics, phonology) The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables… • syncopation n. (Music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession… • SYNCOPATION n. a shift of accent in a musical passage that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed. |
| USURPATIONS | • usurpations n. Plural of usurpation. • USURPATION n. the act of usurping. |