9K+ Rhyming Words For RETROGRESSION

• 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 expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

• freeing from evil spirits

• the act of ceding

• the condition of being prepossessed

• an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence

• 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

• 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)

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

• an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

• 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

• 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 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)

• 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

• 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

• (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 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

• Every person.

• the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

• a small concavity

• the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

• the act of ceding back

• the act of becoming more distant

• 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

• 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

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

• 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 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 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

• 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

• 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

• severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute

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

• a session (usually of a legislative body) that is closed to the public

• a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study

• an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief)

• an indirect way of expressing something

• systematic training by multiple repetitions

• a state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action

• 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)

• informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar

• a word or expression that is outside of standard usage and is very informal

• an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

• the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

• 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

• a prayer to God on behalf of another person

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

• act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior