9K+ Words That Rhyme With OBSOLETION

• the act of decreasing something markedly

• the state of being depleted

• the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance

• a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell

• the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)

• a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body

• an increase in the density of something

• the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

• the bodily process of discharging waste matter

• waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

• an increase by natural growth or addition

• something contributing to growth or increase

• (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases

• (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles

• (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment

• (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)

• The supplying of something lacking.

• (grammar) The use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking, e.g. using “to be able” as the infinitive of “can”, or “better” as the comparative of “good”, or “went” as the simple past of “go”.

• (grammar) More loosely, the use of unrelated (or distantly related) words for semantically related words which may not share the same lexical category, such as father/paternal or cow/bovine.

• excessive secretion

• of or relating to or characteristic of Venice or its people

• a resident of Venice

• the act of returning to the country of origin

• of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language

• a native or resident of Greece

• of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture

• a native or inhabitant of Tahiti

• the Oceanic language spoken on Tahiti

• the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

• a single person or thing

• used of a single unit or thing; not two or more

• having the indivisible character of a unit

• of the same kind or quality

• (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier

• indefinite in time or position

• being a single entity made by combining separate components

• eminent beyond or above comparison

• (American football) a successful forward pass in football

• a concluding action

• Every person.

• Roman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the Roman Empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west; he initiated the last persecution of the Christians in 303 (245-313)

• having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals

• a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada

• freedom to act or judge on one's own

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

• refined taste; tact

• the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

• the trait of judging wisely and objectively

• the trait of being injudicious

• a petty misdeed

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• something done (usually as opposed to something said)

• the state of being active

• a military engagement

• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• the series of events that form a plot

• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

• an act by a government body or supranational organization

• the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

• In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• put in effect

• the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

• the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

• a general interest that leads people to want to know more

• a courteous act indicating affection

• the faculty or power of mental concentration

• a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review

• physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

• not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly

• (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• tamed or trained to obey

• topographically very uneven

• imperfectly spoken or written

• thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

• weakened and infirm

• destroyed financially

• out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')

• discontinuous

• lacking a part or parts

• a remark that calls attention to something or someone

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

• an official recognition of merit

• make reference to

• make mention of

• commend

• a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

• anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

• the act of excusing a mistake or offense

• a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

• the formal act of liberating someone

• accept an excuse for

• grant a pardon to

• approval to do something

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

• a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

• a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

• proper or designated social situation

• (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty

• the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

• the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station

• assign to a station

• loss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balance

• a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

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

• (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

• a deliberate act of omission

• an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization

• grounds for adverse criticism

• 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

• the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

• an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

• the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

• the state of being in effect or being operative

• a business especially one run on a large scale

• a planned activity involving many people performing various actions

• (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)

• activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)

• a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

• a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

• process or manner of functioning or operating

• (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

• (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods

• the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)

• the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

• a condition or position in which you find yourself

• a complex or critical or unusual difficulty

• physical position in relation to the surroundings

• a job in an organization

• the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

• a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

• forsake, leave behind

• give up with the intent of never claiming again

• leave behind empty; move out of

• stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• a component that is added to something to improve it

• the act of adding one thing to another

• a quantity that is added

• something added to what you already have

• a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area

• the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers

• 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 accepting with approval; favorable reception

• a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

• the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source