11K+ Words That Rhyme With RETROCESSION

• the body of people in a learned occupation

• an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

• an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

• affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith

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

• an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

• (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

• the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation

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

• 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 prayer to God on behalf of another person

• the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)

• the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone

• the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

• the act of having and controlling property

• anything owned or possessed

• being controlled by passion or the supernatural

• a mania restricted to one thing or idea

• a territory that is controlled by a ruling state

• the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

• (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)

• a meeting for execution of a group's functions

• the time during which a school holds classes

• a meeting devoted to a particular activity

• a meeting of spiritualists

• a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business

• the act of conceding or yielding

• a point conceded or yielded

• a following of one thing after another in time

• a group of people or things arranged or following in order

• the action of following in order

• (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established

• acquisition of property by descent or by will

• a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

• a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

• a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

• a sunken or depressed geological formation

• sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

• a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

• angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

• pushing down

• a message that departs from the main subject

• a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

• wandering from the main path of a journey

• 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

• the trait of being injudicious

• a petty misdeed

• the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use

• an official form on which a request is made

• seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

• make a formal request for official services

• demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service

• a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)

• (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement

• something added to what you already have

• agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)

• the right to enter

• the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)

• make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library

• an admission of misdeeds or faults

• a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

• (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

• a public declaration of your faith

• the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

• the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War

• an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

• formal separation from an alliance or federation

• a series with a definite pattern of advance

• a movement forward

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

• the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default)

• (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made

• the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

• 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

• the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

• the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

• the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit

• the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

• something acquired

• the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

• an ability that has been acquired by training

• a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)

• a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

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

• a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation

• a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership

• a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself

• (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court

• an inherited pattern of thought or action

• a specific practice of long standing

• something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

• the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

• a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

• slang for a paunch

• a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

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

• an explanation that results from interpreting something

• an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

• 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 message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

• act of raising in rank or position

• encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

• the advancement of some enterprise

• (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

• an idea evoked by some experience

• a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

• (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body

• a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude

• extreme conservatism in political or social matters

• doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like

• an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

• someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

• a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest

• a state of widespread public excitement and interest

• the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

• an instance of questioning

• the subject matter at issue

• a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

• uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something

• a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

• an informal reference to a marriage proposal

• challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

• pose a series of questions to

• pose a question

• conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

• place in doubt or express doubtful speculation

• an increase in the density of something

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

• applying pressure

• the act of subjugating by cruelty

• the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:

• a feeling of being oppressed

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

• the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

• returning to a former state

• the failure to develop some part or organ

• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

• (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

• 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

• a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)

• the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization

• a particular society at a particular time and place

• the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

• (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

• a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

• an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)

• the act of making a proposal

• a task to be dealt with

• suggest sex to

• 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 making up your mind about something

• a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

• (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred

• the outcome of a game or contest

• the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose

• the particular portion of space occupied by something

• a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

• a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

• the arrangement of the body and its limbs

• the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

• a job in an organization

• the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

• the appropriate or customary location

• (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

• the act of putting something in a certain place

• a condition or position in which you find yourself

• a rationalized mental attitude

• an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

• an item on a list or in a sequence

• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

• the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom

• cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

• put into a certain place or abstract location