3K+ Words That Rhyme With RETRENCHMENT

• an improvement that makes something more agreeable

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

• the act of starting something

• encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• an authoritative declaration

• separation resulting from hostility

• the feeling of being alienated from other people

• a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee

• an act that disregards an agreement or a right

• a crime less serious than a felony

• having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

• conspicuous in position or importance

• related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud

• any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

• 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

• a feeling of delight at being entertained

• an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

• 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 act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

• army unit smaller than a division, which can be divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions.

• subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization

• form (military personnel) into a regiment

• assign to a regiment

• the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

• someone who takes the place of another person

• an event in which one thing is substituted for another

• a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

• filling again by supplying what has been used up

• a person who follows next in order

• a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner

• a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize

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

• a meeting arranged in advance

• (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

• a person who is appointed to a job or position

• the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed

• (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment

• a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

• a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

• a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie

• (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

• a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable

• a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

• the thing arranged or agreed to

• an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

• a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments

• the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

• steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection

• a quantity that does not vary

• a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context

• unvarying in nature

• uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

• a particular point in time

• occurring with no delay

• in or of the present month

• demanding attention

• 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 feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

• an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone

• 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

• a superior paper resembling sheepskin

• skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on

• the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

• the act of amending or correcting

• a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

• the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

• an amount determined as payable

• the market value set on assets

• the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

• the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)

• rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

• happiness with one's situation in life

• act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

• an event in which something is displaced without rotation

• the act of uniform movement

• (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

• to move something from its natural environment

• act of removing from office or employment

• (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)

• the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

• a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

• a speech seconding a motion

• formal and explicit approval

• a signature that validates something

• the act of endorsing

• the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

• contact established between applicants and prospective employees

• the act of putting something in a certain place

• snacks and drinks served as a light meal

• activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation

• compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.

• a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

• the action of accomplishing something

• an ability that has been acquired by training

• a public promotion of some product or service

• something that is commanded

• a doctrine that is taught

• 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

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

• a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

• the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism

• semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

• toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin

• the act of returning money received previously

• payment of a debt or obligation

• an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

• something added to complete or embellish or make perfect

• the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them

• the action of accomplishing something

• weaponry used by military or naval force

• the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war

• 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