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Definition: Compulsion |
CompulsionNoun1. An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid. 2. An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will. 3. Using force to cause something: "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "compulsion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Compulsion \Com*pul"sion\, noun. [Latin expression compulsio. See Compel.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Medicine | In psychology, an irresistible urge, sometimes amounting to obsession to perform a particular act which usually is carried out against the performer's will or better judgment. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: CompulsionSynonyms: coercion (n), irresistible impulse (n), obsession (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absence of Choice | Coercion (compulsion). |
Compulsion | Noun: compulsion, coercion, coaction, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription. |
Adverb: by force; Noun: by force of arms; on compulsion, perforce; vi et armis, under the lash; at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; forcibly; by a strong arm. | |
Necessity | Necessity, necessitation; obligation; compulsion; subjection; stern necessity, hard necessity, dire necessity, imperious necessity, inexorable necessity, iron necessity, adverse necessity; fate; what must be. |
Restraint | Noun: restraint; hindrance; coercion; (compulsion); cohibition, constraint, repression, suppression; discipline, control. |
Strength | Adverb: strongly; Adjective: by force; Noun: by main force; (by compulsion). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Compulsion |
| English words defined with "compulsion": Angariation ♦ coercion, Compellably, Compulsatively, Compulsatory, compulsive ♦ Forcement, free ♦ Necessitattion ♦ obligatory, Of necessity ♦ self-determination ♦ To rout out ♦ unenforceable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "compulsion": Club-law ♦ fair market value, Firesetting Behavior ♦ New Christians ♦ righteousness. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "compulsion": Forcement. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Compulsion" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (compulsion). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Strange Compulsion (1964) Repetition Compulsion (1997) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Kindness has more power than compulsion. |
Henri Frederic Amiel | If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion. |
John Milton | Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie. |
Plato | Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. |
| No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory. | |
| Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. | |
Themistocles | I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | Unless adequate preventive measures are taken to dispel the compulsion inherent in custodial surroundings, no statement obtained from the defendant can truly be the product of his free choice. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | I went forth last night on compulsion, and I learnt a lesson which is working now. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Physical compulsion or restraint was effectual, of course, while it lasted. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The compulsion to use drugs can take over the individual's life. Addiction often involves not only compulsive drug taking but also a wide range of dysfunctional behaviors that can interfere with normal functioning in the family, the workplace, and the broader community. (references) | |
Minorities | Egypt | Observers, including human rights groups, find it extremely difficult to determine whether compulsion was used, as most cases involve a Coptic girl who converts to Islam when she marries a Muslim boy. (references) |
Political Economy | Mauritania | A system of officially sanctioned slavery in which government and society join to force individuals to serve masters does not exist; however, there continued to be reports that slavery in the form of forced and involuntary servitude persists in some isolated areas, and that unofficial, voluntary servitude persists and that former slaves continue to work for former masters or others for food, shelter, and clothing, although they were under no legal compulsion to do so. (references) |
Worker Rights | Kuwait | There is no compulsion for employers to obey court rulings, and workers often did not receive court-ordered compensation. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inhabiting the lower part of the peninsula of Oque. Some feeble attempts were made by returned missionaries to introduce it into several European countries, but it appears to have been imperfectly expounded. An example of this faulty exposition is found in the only extant sermon of the pious Bishop Rowley, a characteristic passage from which is here given: "Now righteousness consisteth not merely in a holy state of mind, nor yet in performance of religious rites and obedience to the letter of the law. It is not enough that one be pious and just: one must see to it that others also are in the same state; and to this end compulsion is a proper means. Forasmuch as my injustice may work ill to another, so by his injustice may evil be wrought upon still another, the which it is as manifestly my duty to estop as to forestall mine own tort. Wherefore if I would be righteous I am bound to restrain my neighbor, by force if needful, in all those injurious enterprises from which, through a better disposition and by the help of Heaven, I do myself restrain." |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Industrial peace between management and labor will have to be achieved--through the process of collective bargaining--with Government assistance but not Government compulsion. |
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| "Compulsion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Compulsion" is used about 413 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 413 | 13,687 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "compulsion": act under compulsion ♦ by compulsion ♦ coercion compulsion ♦ compulsion neurosis ♦ under compulsion. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
compulsion | 37 |
compulsion sexual | 10 |
obsessive compulsion disorder | 7 |
compulsion obsession | 4 |
compulsion repetition | 4 |
obsessive compulsion | 3 |
compulsion dean stockwell | 3 |
compulsion movie | 3 |
compulsion disorder obsession | 3 |
compulsion hoarding | 2 |
alimentaire compulsion | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "compulsion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zor (coercion, constraint, difficulty, embarrassment, tension, uneasiness), shtrëngim (clutch, coercion, constriction, constringency, contraction, fastening, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hug, jam, jamming, jaw, pinch, pressure, restraint, squeeze, strangulation), shtrëngesë (constraint, pinch, trammel, trammels), detyrim (bond, burden, charge, constraint, duress, enforcement, imposition, liability, must, obligation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قهر (beat, conquer, crush, defeat, defeating, force, get the better of, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, subdual, subdue, subjugate, subjugation, tame, vanquish), قسر (coercion), الزام, إكراه (coercion, constraint, duress, force, servitude), دافع لا يقاوم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | непреодолим импулс, натрапчив импулс, натиск (arm-twisting, compression, delivery, heat, pressure, push, screw, squeeze, stress, thrust, urgency), принуждение (coercion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 强迫 (Compel, Compelled, Compelling, forcible, forcibly, Forcing, Obtrude, Obtruded, Obtruding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nutkání (impulse, urge), nucení (forcing, urge), nátlak (constraint, pressure, push). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tvangshandling, tvangsforestilling (obsession), obsession (obsession), kompulsion, besættelse (occupation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | compulsie, obsessie (obsession), dwanghandeling. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | اضطرار (Coercion, Constraint, Exigency), اجبار (Coercion, Cogency, Constraint, Duress, Persuasion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pakkotoiminto, pakkoteko, kompulsio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | compulsion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zwang (bludgeoned, coercion, compelled, constraint, enforcement, force, obligation, pressure, restraint, side). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταναγκασμόσ (corection), καταναγκασμός, έμμονη ιδέα (obsession), ιδεοληψία (obsession), πίεση (coercion, press, pressure, squeezing, stress), ζόρι (force, strain, stress), εξαναγκασμόσ (coercion, constraint, duress, necessitation), αναγκασμόσ, διαμονοπληξία (obsession), δαιμονοληψία (obsession), ψυχαναγκασμός (obsessive neurotic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לחץ (distress, duress, force, oppression, press, pressure, stress), א יס" (rape, violation), א וס (compelled, forced, rape, ravished), א ס (duress, rape, violation, violence), כורח (duress, necessity), כפי" (coercion, constraint, duress, enforcement, force, overturning), "אלצות (coercion), "כרח (necessity, need). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kényszer (coercion, cogency, constraint, duress, force, pressure, urge), erőszak (big stick, dint, force, outrage, violation, violence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tekanan (pressure, sqeeze), paksaan (duress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | costrizione (astriction, constraint, duress, enforcement, force), compulsione, ossessione (nuisance, obsession). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 強制 (coercion, enforcement, obligation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうせい (blackmail, coercion, correction, enforcement, extortion, great, lovely voice, low singing voice, magnificent, obligation, paragenesis, persistent demand, reform, remedy, splendid, student teacher, symbiosis, training). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 강 (Coercive, Compelling, Compulsory, constraint, CONSTRAINTS, forced, forcible, Forcing, mandatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | egin (constraint, duress, emergency, necessity, rape, stress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ompulsioncay compulsão, coação (coercion, constraint, constriction, enforcement, violence), obsessão (mania, obsession). (various references) constrângere (bondage, check, coercion, constraint, cramp, disincentive, duresse, enforcement, force, impulsion, pressure, restraint, restriction, servitude, stress), silnicie (violence), silã (coercion, constraint, forceviolence, grudge, horror, loathing, nausea, objection, pooh pooh, repletion), forţare (constraint, enforcement, obtrusion, restraint). (various references) принуждение (coercion, constraint, enforcement). (various references) aindeoin. (various references) prinuda (coercion, constraint, duress, force), kompulzivna sila. (various references) compulsión (coercion, duress, forcing). (various references) tvång (coercion, constraint, duress, force, necessity). (various references) zorlama (arm-twisting, coaction, coercion, constraint, duress, enforcement, force, impellent, pressure, push, screw, strain, urge, violence), yükümlülük (charge, duty, encumbrance, engagement, function, impost, incumbency, liability, obligation, onus, ought, responsibility), mecburiyet (exigence, exigency, indispensability, obligation), dürtü (challenge, drive, ginger, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, motivation, motive, spur, stimulation, urge), baskı (arm-twisting, coaction, coercion, constraint, crackdown, crush, discipline, duress, edition, force, heat, impression, leverage, oppression, piezo-, press, press up, pressure, print, printing, repression, restraint, screw, squeeze, stress, suppression, the press, thrust, typographic, urgency). (various references) zoluk, jepa (burden), jebir. (various references) присилення, примушування, примус (coercion, constraint, duress, duresse, oil stove, primus). (various references) sự cưỡng bách, sự ép buộc (coercion, constraint, duress, duresse, obtrusion, pressure). (various references) gorfodaeth (obligation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | coactum, coactus, necessitudine. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "compulsion": compulsions. (additional references) | |
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"Compulsion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Camplisson, Compilio, compluvium, composium, Compulink, compulsiond, compulsitor, compulsoin, compultion, compursion, cumpulsion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "compulsion" (pronounced kumpu"lshun) |
| 6 | -p u" l sh u n | expulsion, propulsion. |
| 5 | -u" l sh u n | convulsion, emulsion, revulsion. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-l-m-n-o-o-p-s-u" | |
-1 letter: poloniums. | |
-2 letters: complins, polonium, pulmonic. | |
-3 letters: clonism, colonus, columns, complin, coniums, copious, coupons, insculp, locoism, moulins, oilcups, ominous, opsonic, plosion, pocosin, pulsion, sculpin, soupcon, spumoni, unclips, uncoils, upcoils, upsilon. | |
-4 letters: clomps, clonus, clumps, colins, coloni, colons, column, comous, compos, conium, consol, consul, coulis, coupon, cousin, cumins, insoul, linums, locums, lupins, moulin, mucins, muonic, muslin. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-l-m-n-o-o-p-s-u" | |
+1 letter: compulsions. | |
+3 letters: compendiously. | |
+4 letters: micropulsation. | |
+5 letters: micropulsations, uncompromisable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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