Words ending in "-IATION"

Dr. Ravi P. Reddy (India)
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  1. abbreviation
    shortening something by omitting parts of it
  2. affiliation
    the act of becoming formally connected or joined
  3. alleviation
    the act of reducing something unpleasant
  4. alluviation
    the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
  5. annunciation
    a formal public statement
  6. appreciation
    understanding of the nature or meaning of something
  7. appropriation
    a deliberate act of acquisition, often without permission
  8. asphyxiation
    the condition of being deprived of oxygen
  9. association
    a formal organization of people or groups of people
  10. aviation
    the art of operating aircraft
  11. beneficiation
    crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques
  12. bioremediation
    the branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems
  13. brachiation
    swinging by the arms from branch to branch
  14. calumniation
    a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
  15. columniation
    the arrangement of columns in a structure
  16. conciliation
    the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
  17. consubstantiation
    the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
  18. dedifferentiation
    the loss of specialization in form or function
  19. defoliation
    the loss of foliage
  20. denunciation
    a public act of condemnation
  21. depreciation
    a decrease in price or value
  22. despoliation
    the act of stripping and taking by force
  23. deviation
    a variation from the standard or norm
  24. differentiation
    a discrimination between things as distinct
  25. disassociation
    the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination
  26. dissociation
    the act of removing from association
  27. domiciliation
    temporary living quarters
  28. emaciation
    extreme thinness, usually caused by starvation or disease
  29. enunciation
    the articulation of speech with regards to intelligibility
  30. excoriation
    severe censure
  31. excruciation
    a state of acute pain
  32. exfoliation
    the act or process of peeling off in flakes or scales
  33. expatiation
    a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail
  34. expatriation
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
  35. expiation
    compensation for a wrong
  36. exponentiation
    the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
  37. expropriation
    taking out of an owner's hands
  38. filiation
    the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
  39. foliation
    (botany) the process of forming leaves
  40. glaciation
    the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
  41. herniation
    rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes
  42. humiliation
    depriving one of self-esteem
  43. inebriation
    a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
  44. infuriation
    a feeling of intense anger
  45. ingratiation
    the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments
  46. initiation
    the act of starting something for the first time
  47. instantiation
    a representation of an idea by an example of it
  48. intermediation
    the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement
  49. irradiation
    (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
  50. luxuriation
    an activity that affords excessive pleasure and enjoyment
  51. mediation
    the act of intervening to bring about a settlement
  52. misappropriation
    the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
  53. mispronunciation
    incorrect pronunciation
  54. negotiation
    a discussion intended to produce an agreement
  55. obviation
    the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
  56. officiation
    the performance of a religious or ceremonial or public duty
  57. palliation
    easing the severity of a pain without removing the cause
  58. potentiation
    the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously
  59. pronunciation
    the manner in which someone utters a word
  60. propitiation
    the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
  61. radiation
    the act of spreading outward from a central source
  62. reaffiliation
    affiliation anew
  63. reconciliation
    the reestablishment of cordial relations
  64. remediation
    act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
  65. renunciation
    the act of sacrificing or giving up or surrendering
  66. repatriation
    the act of returning to one's country of origin
  67. repudiation
    rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
  68. retaliation
    action taken in return for an injury or offense
  69. satiation
    the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
  70. speciation
    the evolution of a biological species
  71. spoliation
    the act of stripping and taking by force
  72. striation
    a groove or ridge
  73. substantiation
    the act of validating
  74. transubstantiation
    an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
  75. variation
    the process of being or becoming different
  76. vitiation
    nullification by the destruction of the legal force
Created on Thu Feb 21 02:44:16 EST 2013 (updated Thu Feb 21 20:06:49 EST 2013)

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