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Definition: Confederation |
ConfederationNoun1. The state of being allied or confederated. 2. A union of political organizations. 3. The act of forming an alliance or confederation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "confederation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Law | The act itself. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| COE | English | Confederation of Employee Organizations | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ConfederationSynonyms: alliance (n), confederacy (n), federation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cooperation | Joint stock, copartnership; cartel; confederation; (party); coalition, fusion; a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together; logrolling, freemasonry. |
Party | Society, association; institute, institution; union; trades union; league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination; Turnverein; league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive; coalition; federation; confederation, confederacy; junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue; freemasonry; party spirit; (cooperation). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Confederation |
| English words defined with "confederation": alliance ♦ battle of Sempatch, Bund ♦ Confederate, Consociation, Continental Congress ♦ Hanseatic League ♦ Roger Sherman ♦ sachem, sagamore, Sempatch, Sherman, Six Nations, Systasis ♦ The Federal Congress, The land league ♦ Uchees. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "confederation": Confederation of the Rhine ♦ Federal Assembly ♦ non-affiliated union ♦ subversive propaganda. (references) |
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 | North elevation, measured drawing plotted by Bruce A. Harms, 1986; delineated by Marie A. Neubauer, 1986-87. (Reproduction Number: HABS PA-1430, sheet 16 of 45) Central to the founding of the United States of America, Independence Hall is known as the site of events such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, and the creation of the United States Constitution in 1787. Independence Hall was built from 1733 to 1756 and first used as the State House of the colony of Pennsylvania. This drawing shows the prominent central tower that identifies Independence Hall as an important public building. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Through the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Methods of enforcement under world government and their effect on the individual : alliance, confederation, federation. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | FAD (The Defense and Aerospace Industries Association in Denmark) is established under the umbrella of the Confederation of Danish Industries, the central organization for Danish manufacturing industry. (references) | |
A full listing of Danish defense companies is published by the Confederation of Danish Industries and gives an accurate portrayal of each company, its activities and products, customers, facility information and quality assurance. (references) | ||
IMBiGS cooperates with many well known international organizations dealing with certification, such as ISO - International Organization for Standardization, CEN - European Normalization Committee, CECE Confederation of European Construction Equipment, and ET Euro Test consortium. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Algeria | On July 19, Fawzia Ababsah, managing editor of the French-language daily newspaper, L'Authentique, was tried in abstentia and sentenced to 6 months in prison for defamation of Secretary General Mahmoudi of the Finance Confederation (a union of financial workers). (references) |
Economic History | Canada | Type: Confederation with parliamentary democracy. (references) |
Gambia, The | The Gambia withdrew from the confederation in 1989. (references) | |
Human Rights | Morocco | Some of the students sought refuge in the Confederation Democratique du Travail (CDT) headquarters. (references) |
Tunisia | In July political opposition parties and the Tunisian General Confederation of Labor (UGTT) joined in calling for a general amnesty. (references) | |
Ecuador | There was no disposition of the 1998 case of the kidnaping and killing in Quito of Saul Filormo Canar Pauta, a leader of the Ecuadorian Confederation of United Working Class Organizations. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Peru | The two principal NGO's that represent the interests of the native population of the Amazon region are the Inter-Ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Jungle (AIDESEP) and the Confederation of Amazonian Nationalities of Peru (CONAP). (references) |
Minorities | Ecuador | There are five major Afro-Ecuadorian organizations active in the country; the largest is the National Afro-Ecuadorian Confederation, with headquarters in Quito. (references) |
Political Economy | Denmark | The SDP traditionally has support from the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). (references) |
Political Rights | Monaco | Ten members are chosen directly by the Minister; 10 members are chosen by the Minister from a list of 20 persons who are proposed by the Confederation of Labor Unions; and 10 members are selected by the Minister from a list of 20 names proposed by the Council of Business. (references) |
Canada | A significant body of opinion in the province of Quebec (represented by the party that governs the province) continues to maintain that Quebec has the right to withdraw from the Confederation if that decision proves to be the democratically expressed will of the residents of Quebec. (references) | |
Cuba | The candidacy committees are composed of members of government-controlled mass organizations such as the Confederation of Cuban Workers (CTC) and the CDR's and are responsible for selecting candidates, whose names then are sent to municipal assemblies that select a single candidate for each regional seat in the ANPP. (references) | |
Trade | Spain | The Spanish Savings Bank Confederation comprises 50 confederated savings banks and 12 regional savings bank federations, with more than 16,000 branch offices. (references) |
Finland | Finnfund is owned by the State of Finland, Finnvera, the Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers, and the state-owned company Solidium (web site: www.finnfund.fi). (references) | |
Worker Rights | Togo | The CSTT is an affiliate of the World Confederation of Labor. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | New States have been admitted to the Union in numbers nearly equal to those of the first Confederation. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | Our Union is a confederation of independent States, whose policy is peace with each other and all the world. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Down the long lane of the history yet to be written America knows that this world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Confederation" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 99.61% of the time. "Confederation" is used about 512 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 (common) | 99.61% | 510 | 11,877 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.39% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 512 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "confederation": articles of confederation ♦ national confederation of mutual provident societies ♦ Swiss Confederation. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "confederation": post-confederation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "confederation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lidhje (affinity, alliance, bandage, bearing, binding, bond, bracer, bracing, catena, communication, confederate, conjunction, connection, connexion, contact, cord, coupling, dressing, federation, join, joining, joint, knot, league, ligament, ligature, link, link up, linkage, nexus, rapport, regard, relation, relevance, relevancy, respect, seam, signalling, tap, tie, tie up, truss, tying), konfederatë (confederacy, confederate), bashkim (affiliation, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, coalescence, community, compound, conflux, conjunction, consolidation, coupling, fusion, hookup, integration, interconnection, interflow, interfusion, joinder, joining, joint, junction, league, ligature, linkage, merger, reconcilability, reunion, seam, soldering, splice, unification, union, welding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إتحاد كونفدرالي, إتحاد (all-union, association, combination, conference, federation, incorporation, league, merger, oneness, unification, union, unity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съюзяване (joinder), конфедерация (confederacy), заговор (cabal, confederacy, conspiracy, plot, scheme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "邦 (Commonwealth, Federal, federally), 邦聯 , 同盟國 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | svaz (association, federation, fellowship, league, the union, union), konfederace (commonwealth, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fagforbund (affiliated union, craft union, national centre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | confederatie, bondsstaat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | konfederacio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | samgonga (connection, league). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valaliitto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | contrat fédératif, confédération syndicale, confédération (confederacy), pacte fédératif, acte constitutionnel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | staatenbund (confederacy, federation, union), bündnis (alliance, coalition, confederacy, connection, covenant, entente, league), konföderation (confederacy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνομοσπονδία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "תאח"ות (federation, organization, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | államszövetség (confederacy, federation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | persekutuan (alliance, camaraderie, communion, confederacy, construction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | confederazione del lavoro (national centre), confederazione (confederacy, federation, union), confederarsi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 聯邦 (federation, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | れ"ぽう (commonwealth, federation, federation of states, mountain range, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 국가연합. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cochiangle (combination, concatenation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onfederationcay confederação (confederacy, league). (various references) confederaţie (confederacy, federation). (various references) конфедерация (confederacy). (various references) član konfederacije. (various references) confederación (confederacy). (various references) statsförbund (federacy, federation). (various references) konfederasyon, ittifak (agreement, alliance, federation, hookup, union), devletler birliği (confederacy), birlik (alliance, body, brotherhood, coalescence, collaboration, combination, combine, communion, company, confederacy, conference, contingent, corps, ensemble, establishment, fellowship, force, fraternity, gild, guild, league, legion, oneness, outfit, pool, posse, solidarity, troop, unanimity, union, unit, unity). (various references) союз (alliance, federation, junction, union), федерація (alliance, commonwealth, federation), конфедерація (confederacy). (various references) liên minh liên bang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "confederation": confederations. (additional references) | |
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"Confederation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Confederacion, conferderation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "confederation" (pronounced kunfe'derā"shun) |
| 8 | -f e' d er ā" sh u n | federation. |
| 6 | -d er ā" sh u n | adoration, consideration, moderation, reconsideration. |
| 5 | -er ā" sh u n | aberration, acceleration, admiration, agglomeration, alteration, amelioration, aspiration, cogeneration, collaboration, coloration, commemoration, configuration, conglomeration, cooperation, corporation, corroboration, deceleration, declaration, decoration, degeneration, deliberation, desperation, discoloration, elaboration, enumeration, evaporation, exaggeration, exasperation, exhilaration, exoneration, expiration, exploration, figuration, generation, inauguration, incarceration, incorporation, inspiration, laceration, liberation, maturation, nonproliferation, operation, perforation, perspiration, preparation, proliferation, reconfiguration, recuperation, redecoration, refrigeration, regeneration, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, remuneration, reparation, respiration, restoration, reverberation, saturation, separation, toleration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abomination, abrogation, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, altercation, amalgamation, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogitation, cohabitation, collectivization, colonization, colorization, combination, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, coordination, coronation, correlation, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, decentralization, decertification, decontamination, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evocation, exacerbation, examination, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhortation, exhumation, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, explanation, explication, exploitation, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, incantation, incapacitation, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfirmation, recreation, recrimination, rectification, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refutation, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reinterpretation, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-f-i-n-n-o-o-r-t" | |
-3 letters: carotenoid, confidante, confronted, coordinate, decoration, defecation, federation, fornicated, fractioned, interfaced, interocean, oceanfront, reanointed, refinanced. | |
-4 letters: afternoon, ancienter, anticodon, cartooned, confidant, confident, confiteor, contained, container, contender, coronated, crenation, creodonta, defection, endocrine, entrained, entranced, fornicate, infarcted, infracted, interface, internode, nectarine, noncredit, nonerotic, nonfactor, ordinance, recondite, redaction, refection, refinance. | |
-5 letters: acrodont, anconoid, anecdote, anointed, anointer, anoretic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-f-i-n-n-o-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: confederations. | |
+5 letters: overidentification. | |
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