Rhymes for CONTRADICTIONS

• the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

• a statement made about the future

• the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result

• a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

• act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity

• an amount of money contributed

• a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story

• being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

• an abnormally strong craving

• (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master

• the act or process of producing something

• a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television

• an artifact that has been created by someone or some process

• (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law

• the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

• a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated

• (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale

• the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services

• the process of generating offspring

• recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall

• copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

• the act of making copies

• the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• the act of reducing complexity

• a graphic or vivid verbal description

• a representation by picture or portraiture

• a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

• representation by drawing or painting etc

• the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

• magnitude or extent

• balance among the parts of something

• the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree

• harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

• give pleasant proportions to

• adjust in size relative to other things

• consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body

• learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself

• including by incorporating

• a state of forcible subjugation

• (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

• the act of repressing; control by holding down

• a bold challenge

• discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions

• a hostile disagreement face-to-face

• the act of hostile groups opposing each other

• a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison

• a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

• a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health

• a cause of great suffering and distress

• a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

• a deliberately false or improbable account

• a principle that limits the extent of something

• an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

• (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

• the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume

• the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning

• the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer

• energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles

• the act of spreading outward from a central source

• syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours

• the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay

• the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats

• a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain

• (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

• (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law

• in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

• the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose

• a substance prepared according to a formula

• the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

• the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)

• (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord

• activity leading to skilled behavior

• preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

• the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

• compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

• (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors

• the act of putting something in working order again

• something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

• a state of conflict between persons

• the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

• effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure

• the discipline that studies the principles of transmitting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)

• financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records

• an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

• (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

• the activity of protecting someone or something

• a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

• defense against financial failure; financial independence

• the condition of being protected

• kindly endorsement and guidance

• the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition

• payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

• the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife

• (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body

• a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket

• an amount or percentage deducted

• something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

• reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

• the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

• the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

• a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

• a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder

• formal systematic questioning

• an instance of questioning

• a false or unsupportable quality

• the advancing of a claim

• the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

• the act of rejecting something

• the state of being rejected

• (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign

• the speech act of rejecting

• the act of passing from one state or place to the next

• an event that results in a transformation

• a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

• a musical passage moving from one key to another

• a passage that connects a topic to one that follows

• cause to convert or undergo a transition

• make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another)

• the act of vibrating

• a shaky motion

• (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean

• a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively

• the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels

• the act of admitting someone to enter

• an acknowledgment of the truth of something

• the fee charged for admission

• the right to enter

• the act of starting a new operation or practice

• the ceremonial induction into a position

• a formal or official examination

• a failure to function normally

• fail to function or function improperly

• an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will

• an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

• the manner in which something is greeted

• a formal party of people; as after a wedding

• quality or fidelity of a received broadcast

• the act of receiving

• (American football) the act of catching a pass in football

• a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.

• an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

• handing over prisoners to the country in which a crime was committed

• the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance

• a person who delivers a speech or oration

• United States sociologist (1902-1979)

• a ghostly appearing figure

• the appearance of a ghostlike figure

• something existing in perception only

• an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly

• (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question

• careful consideration

• planning something carefully and intentionally

• a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

• the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision

• freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child

• the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• a function expressed as a sum or product of terms

• a discussion that provides additional information

• adding information or detail

• the feelings expressed on a person's face

• expression without words

• the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions

• a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

• the style of expressing yourself

• a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

• (genetics) the process of expressing a gene

• a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

• the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• an outward appearance

• a clear and telling mental image

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

• a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving

• all the copies of a work printed at one time

• (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster

• an impressionistic portrayal of a person

• the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another

• something abnormal or anomalous

• a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision