3K+ Words That Rhyme With ENLIGHTENMENT

• an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

• a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event

• the act of giving something up

• withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

• the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away

• putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

• the state of being imprisoned

• the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

• a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)

• 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

• (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor

• the act of containing; keeping something from spreading

• freeing from false belief or illusions

• the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

• the act of governing; exercising authority

• (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed

• the study of government of states and other political units

• the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

• a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

• the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

• the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

• (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

• an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

• compensation for a wrong

• the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

• an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

• the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

• (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

• the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

• a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

• the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

• the state of being confined

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

• goods carried by a large vehicle

• the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

• the delivery of goods for sale or disposal

• time during which some action is awaited

• act of putting off to a future time

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the result of improving something

• the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

• act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

• a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

• the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

• right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)

• the termination of a meeting

• the act of postponing to another time or place

• a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness

• the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting

• the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

• the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture

• the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public

• the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)

• some event that causes someone to be embarrassed

• extreme excess

• the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

• not having control over urination and defecation

• free from external control and constraint

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

• a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

• a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

• (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

• not controlled by a party or interest group

• confinement during wartime

• the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

• placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

• assignment to a different duty

• the state of being unemployed or not having a job

• The act of realigning or something realigned.

• a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

• a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

• avoiding emotional involvement

• the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

• the state of being isolated or detached

• a small unit of troops of special composition

• coming apart

• a garment worn under other garments

• making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

• the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

• the act of adjusting something to match a standard

• the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

• an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

• a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

• the act of achieving an aim

• arrival at a new stage

• an ability that has been acquired by training

• a specialized division of a large organization

• the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

• a specialized sphere of knowledge

• elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail

• a superfluous ornament

• the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

• a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual

• a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

• a magical spell

• an act that disregards an agreement or a right

• a crime less serious than a felony

• a particular point in time

• an indefinitely short time

• at this time

• having important effects or influence

• a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)

• the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

• not penitent or remorseful

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

• perception of that which is obscure

• the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

• the trait of judging wisely and objectively

• the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to

• government that is inefficient or dishonest

• a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

• a community of people smaller than a town

• a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

• the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

• an area where a group of families live together

• termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

• a very old person

• a person who lived in ancient times

• belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

• very old