600+ Words That Rhyme With VERTUES

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

• the act of using

• what something is used for

• a particular service

• (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

• (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition

• exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

• (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

• put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

• take or consume (regularly or habitually)

• use up, consume fully

• seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage

• avail oneself to

• habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)

• a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes

• a state of depression

• beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)

• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

• select as an alternative over another

• see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way

• information about recent and important events

• information reported in a newspaper or news magazine

• a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary

• informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone

• the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins

• a particular situation

• (interrogative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

• (relative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

• cause to come to know personally

• bring something new to an environment

• place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

• bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment

• bring in or establish in a new place or environment

• put or introduce into something

• bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.

• put before (a body)

• furnish with a preface or introduction

• be a precursor of

• cruel or inhumane treatment

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

• improper or excessive use

• treat badly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• use foul or abusive language towards

• use wrongly or improperly or excessively

• bring an accusation against; level a charge against

• blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

• mistake one thing for another

• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

• cause to feel embarrassment

• assemble without order or sense

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• an ocean trip taken for pleasure

• drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure

• travel at a moderate speed

• look for a sexual partner in a public place

• sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing

• an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded

• any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

• mix together different elements

• become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat

• equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse

• make liquid or plastic by heating

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• show unwillingness towards

• not accept as true

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• refuse to let have

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

• a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

• any long thin projection that is transient

• a manner of speaking

• a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

• the tongue of certain animals used as meat

• the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot

• metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

• articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

• lick or explore with the tongue

• occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

• make (somebody) laugh

• an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

• injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

• hurt the feelings of

• break up into small pieces for food preparation

• damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure

• remove the triggering device from

• (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

• spread out; not concentrated in one place

• lacking conciseness

• move outward

• spread or diffuse through

• cause to become widely known

• a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it

• a female massager

• improper or excessive use

• apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• the source of an artist's inspiration

• in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science

• reflect deeply on a subject

• any thick, viscous matter

• the process of seeping

• pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

• release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

• sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

• sleep lightly or for a short period of time

• To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).

• You (plural).

• You (singular).

• You (plural).

• You (singular).

• owed and payable immediately or on demand

• suitable to or expected in the circumstances

• that which is deserved or owed

• a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)

• directly or exactly; straight

• scheduled to arrive

• capable of being assigned or credited to

• a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

• grow by addition

• come into the possession of

• a fit of shivering or shaking

• successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria

• a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

• present reasons and arguments

• have an argument about something

• give evidence of

• a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter

• indiscriminate slaughter

• To stain (in, with, blood, slaughter, etc.).

• issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end

• grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns

• flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor

• organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip

• a conduit to carry off smoke

• cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces

• hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped

• the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

• take on color or become colored

• suffuse with color

• permeate or impregnate

• spread or diffuse through

• fill, soak, or imbue totally

• suffuse with color

• give qualities or abilities to

• an important question that is in dispute and must be settled

• one of a series published periodically

• some situation or event that is thought about

• the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)

• supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

• the immediate descendants of a person

• the becoming visible

• an opening that permits escape or release

• the act of issuing printed materials

• prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

• circulate or distribute or equip with

• bring out an official document (such as a warrant)

• come out of

• make out and issue

• a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball

• a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

• an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future