9K+ Words That Rhyme With RETORTION

• distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose

• give out as one's portion or share

• allocate, distribute, or apportion anew

• Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion.

• termination of pregnancy

• failure of a plan

• 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

• the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)

• a tortuous and twisted shape or position

• an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint

• something a little different from others of the same type

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

• a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

• a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

• manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)

• Every person.

• sinking until covered completely with water

• (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse

• complete attention; intense mental effort

• a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged

• the act of wetting something by submerging it

• 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

• a deliberate termination of pregnancy

• termination of pregnancy without expulsion of all of the products of conception

• 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 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

• a disparaging remark

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)

• 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

• a disposition to behave aggressively

• a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

• violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

• the act of initiating hostilities

• deliberately unfriendly behavior

• a cherished desire

• a strong drive for success

• have as one's ambition

• a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge

• the public sale of something to the highest bidder

• sell at an auction

• the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

• a test of the suitability of a performer

• perform in order to get a role