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Definition: Deterioration |
DeteriorationNoun1. A symptom of reduced quality or strength. 2. Process of changing to an inferior state. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deterioration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | The destructive effect brought about by wear and tear, disintegration, use in service, and the action of the elements; the state of growing worse. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | In food, any damage due to diverse causes resulting in quality decrease. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DeteriorationSynonyms: declension (n), decline in quality (n), impairment (n), worsening (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Blemish | Noun: blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism; flaw, defect; (imperfection) ; injury; (deterioration); spots on the sun; eyesore. |
Destruction | Destroying; Verb: demolition, demolishment; overthrow, subversion, suppression; abolition; (abrogation); biblioclasm; sacrifice; ravage, razzia; inactivation; incendiarism; revolution; extirpation; (extraction); beginning of the end, commencement de la fin, road to ruin; dilapidation; (deterioration); sabotage. |
Deterioration | Noun: deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb; recession; retrogradation; decrease. |
Disease | Delicacy, loss of health, invalidation, cachexy; cachexia, atrophy, marasmus; indigestion, dyspepsia; decay; (deterioration); decline, consumption, palsy, paralysis, prostration. |
Nonincrease, Decrease | Subsidence, wane, ebb, decline; ebbing; descent; decrement, reflux, depreciation; deterioration; anticlimax; mitigation; (moderation). |
Regression | Counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter movement, counter march; veering, tergiversation, recidivation, backsliding, fall; deterioration; recidivism, recidivity. |
Relapse | Noun: relapse, lapse; falling back; Verb: retrogradation; (retrogression); deterioration. |
Stability | Stuck, jammed; unremovable; quiescent; deterioration. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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 | Though death due to a Brown Recluse bite is rare, there is ensuing tissue deterioration at the long-standing wound site, which seems to avoid scab formation. Credit: CDC. |  | In background retinopathy, a slight deterioration in the small blood vessels of the retina, portions of the vessels may swell and leak fluid into the surrounding retinal tissue. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |
 | Deterioration level 5, ca. 1992.Joe Jones, artist. Saint Louis, Missouri. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Through restitution in accordance with this Article, the price or the amount of compensation fixed by the application of paragraph (e) will be reduced by the actual value of the property restored, account being taken of compensation in respect of loss of use or deterioration. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The course of Pick's disease is an inevitable progressive deterioration. (references) | |
Heavy users also show progressive social and occupational deterioration. (references) | ||
However, significant functional deterioration occurs well before that point. (references) | ||
Business | The deterioration of existing ecological conditions creates a number of potential environmental dangers, including to human health. (references) | |
Additionally, one of the companies reported that elements in its processed water caused premature deterioration of some brands of meters. (references) | ||
This problem stems from industrial processes and emissions from power plant stacks, automobile emissions, and general ambient air deterioration form construction and other industrial activities. (references) | ||
Children | Guyana | One-third of the population is under 18 years of age and, although the Government provides free education through secondary school (it is compulsory until age 14), the severe deterioration of the public education and health care systems has limited children's future prospects. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Pakistan | The fear of large numbers of new refugees trying to enter the country coupled with absence of legalized asylum framework and the sharp economic competition with host communities led to a more restrictive admissions policy and a deterioration in protection for many refugees. (references) |
Economic History | Colombia | This was the breakpoint that ignited a dramatic deterioration of profits, solvency ratios and portfolio indicators. (references) |
Human Rights | Equatorial Guinea | For example, the CNDH found the prison in Bata to be in an advanced stage of deterioration and unfit for human habitation. (references) |
Papua New Guinea | The prison system suffers from serious underfunding, which results in the deterioration of infrastructure and the poor delivery of services. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | The practical effect has been a decrease in the ability to combat impunity and a deterioration in the quality of justice available to the poor. (references) | |
Political Economy | NIGERIA | Actual enrollment is declining due to the continuing deterioration of public schools. (references) |
Guatemala | In May the U.N. Special Rapporteur for Justice noted a deterioration in the security of justice sector workers. (references) | |
COLOMBIA | Instead they estimate a 3.1 percent of GDP deficit aided by a projected further deterioration in the finances of the public pension systems. (references) | |
Trade | Colombia | The merchandise must be re-exported immediately after the pre-authorized period of time, without being subject to any alteration or modification, except for the normal deterioration caused by use. (references) |
Worker Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | Despite an improvement in economic growth, the previous deterioration in enforcement of existing regulations continued to hamper investment to improve health and safety standards. (references) |
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| "Deterioration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deterioration" is used about 744 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% | 744 | 9,138 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "deterioration": deterioration into slum ♦ deterioration limit ♦ hearing deterioration ♦ soil deterioration. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "deterioration": impact-deterioration. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
deterioration muscle | 9 |
concrete deterioration highway | 9 |
bone deterioration | 5 |
deterioration spine | 5 |
deterioration global scale | 3 |
battery deterioration internal resistance storage | 3 |
deterioration | 3 |
brain deterioration | 2 |
building deterioration paper | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "deterioration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dëmtim (damnification, defacement, defect, detriment, disadvantage, disservice, failure, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, lesion, Mar, wound), prishje (abolition, annulment, blasting, breach, breaking, breakup, chasm, collapse, corruption, damage, debasement, decay, decomposition, defacement, defeat, defilement, depravation, depravity, discord, dissolution, failure, obliteration, quarrel, rancidity, rancidness, rot, split up, spoilage, stymie, taint, vitiation, warp, wrecking), keqësim (aggravation, decline, degradation, exacerbation, letdown). (various references) | |
Arabic | فساد (blight, corruption, decay, decomposition, degeneration, depravation, depravity, disintegration, dry rot, immorality, invalidity, perversion, perversity, putrefaction, putridity, rot, rottenness), تلف (blight, bungle, burn, consume, corrode, damage, destroy, deteriorate, go bad, go off, go to the dogs, harm, hash, impair, mangle, molder, moulder, ravage, ruin, scourge, spoil, spoilage, spoiling, take out, total, waste away), تدهور (break down, breakdown, crumble, decadence, decay, deteriorate, drop, go to pot, go to the bad, impairment, retrogradation, run to seed, sour, suffer, tumble), إفساد (circumvention, depravation, disfiguration, infection, mutilation, perversion, vitiation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | корумпиране (infection), влошаване (aggravation, decay, decline, depravation, exasperation, reversal, vitiation), израждане (degeneration, degradation, devolution). (various references) | |
Chinese | 恶化 (Aggravation, Deteriorate, Deteriorated, Deteriorating, Exacerbate, Exacerbated, exacerbating, Exacerbation, Worsen, worsened, worsening). (various references) | |
Czech | zhoršení (aggravation, degradation, impairment), polevení (let up, remission), úpadek (bankruptcy, come down, comedown, decadence, decay, decline, degradation, labefaction, lapse, recession, retrogression, retroversion). (various references) | |
Danish | oedelaeggelse (destruction, spoilage), nedbrydning (breakdown, catabolism, decay, decomposition, degradation, degrade, denudation, detrition, disintegration, dissimilation, reaction, soil damage, soil degeneration, soil degradation, soil deterioration, transformation), forringelse (degeneratio, degeneration, degradation, degrade, impairment, spoilage). (various references) | |
Dutch | ontleding (analysis), kwaliteitsverlies (spoilage), aantasting (infestation). (various references) | |
Finnish | pilaantuminen (spoilage), kuluminen (wear), huonontuminen (fall-off), huononnus. (various references) | |
French | détérioration (degradation, degrade, destruction), dégradation (degradation). (various references) | |
German | Verschlechterung (debasement, decline, depreciation, failure, worsening). (various references) | |
Greek | χειροτέρευση (impairment), αλλοίωση (lesion). (various references) | |
Hebrew | התדרדרות (decline, rolling down), התגרעות, הדלדלות (impoverishment), הדרדרות (decline, retrogression, rolling down), הרעה (aggravation, doing harm, worsening), גריעות (badness, depreciation, inferiority, worsening), רעיעות (bad condition, badness, dilapidation, shattering). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rosszabbodás (relapse), értékcsökkenés (depreciation), rosszabbítás, megromlás (depravation, impairment, mouldering), lerontás, elkorcsosodás, elkopás (ageing, attrition), elhasználódás (attrition), degenerálódás (degradation, retrogression), értékcsökkentés. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pemburukan (decay), keburukan (disrepair, disrepute, vice). (various references) | |
Italian | deterioramento (wear and tear). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 退廃 (corruption, decadence, degeneration, laxness), 腐朽 (rot), 頽廃 (corruption, decadence, degeneration, laxness), 劣化 (degradation), 改悪 (changing for the worse), 悪化 (aggravation, corruption, degeneration, growing worse), 低下 (decline, fall, lowering), 低下 (decline, fall, lowering), 変質 (degeneration). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たいはい (corruption, crushing defeat, decadence, degeneration, large cup, laxness), ふきゅう (diffusion, eternal, everlasting, immortal, immortality, imperishable, in no hurry, nonessential, rot, spread), かいあく (changing for the worse), れっか (conflagration, degradation, raging fire), あっか (aggravation, bad money, bad results, corruption, degeneration, growing worse), へんしつ (bias, degeneration, eccentricity, obstinacy), ていか (decline, established price, fall, low price, lowering). (various references) | |
Korean | 나쁘게 함. (various references) | |
Manx | foudid (damage, morbidity), foudaghey (damage, deteriorate). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eteriorationday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | deterioração (damage, decay, dilapidation, run-out). (various references) | |
Romanian | deteriorare (atrophy, defacement, disrepair, impairment), degenerare (degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, retrogradation, retrogression), dãrãpãnare (decay, dilapidation, ruin), stricãciune (corruption, damage, harm, injury). (various references) | |
Russian | ухудшение (aggravation, impairment). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pogoršanje (exacerbation, impairment), kvarenje (ill use, spoilage). (various references) | |
Spanish | deterioro (damage), deterioración (corruption, decay, depravation, taint). (various references) | |
Swedish | försämring (impairment). (various references) | |
Thai | ความตกต่ำ (downgrade). (various references) | |
Turkish | kötüye gitme (a change for the worse, ebb tide), bozulma (breach, breakdown, breakup, confusion, corrosion, corruption, decay, declension, decomposition, deformation, degeneration, degradation, derogation, devolution, disfiguration, disfigurement, disruption, dissolution, impairment, infection, pollution, putrefaction, rancidity, rancidness, rottenness, shipwreck, spoilage, taint, undoing, upset), çürüklük (decomposition, flimsiness, putrescence, rottenness, unsoundness). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | виродження (degeneracy, degeneration, devolution), нівечення (deformation), псування (blasting, corruption, defacement, depravation, spoilage, spoliation, vitiation, waste), погіршення (aggravation, decadence, exaggeration, impairment, let down). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự trở nên xấu hơn. (various references) | |
Welsh | dirywiad (degeneration). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | senium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "deterioration": deteriorations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "deterioration": biodeterioration. (additional references) | |
Words containing "deterioration": biodeteriorations. (additional references) | |
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"Deterioration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deteioration, deterioiration, deteroriation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "deterioration" (pronounced duti"rēerā'shun) |
| 5 | -er ā' sh u n | alliteration, incineration. |
| 4 | -ā' sh u n | alternation, brutalization, circulation, conceptualization, decimation, excoriation, homogenization, oversimplification, reeducation, reintegration, substation, syncopation, workstation. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, 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, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, 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, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, 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, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, 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, convulsion, 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, 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, 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, emulsion, 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, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, 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, 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, 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, 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, propulsion, 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, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, 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, revulsion, 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, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, 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. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-n-o-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: reiteration. | |
-3 letters: itinerated, orientated. | |
-4 letters: detonator, detrition, intreated, irredenta, irridenta, irritated, iteration, itinerate, orientate, rattooned, reedition, retrained, tradition. | |
-5 letters: adroiter, anterior, antidote, antiriot, arointed, attender, attorned, daintier, detainer, detonate, dotation, enrooted, ideation, inertiae, interior, interred, intertie, intorted, iodation, iodinate, irritant, irritate, iterated, nattered, nitrated, nitrator, ordainer, ordinate, oriented, rationed, ratooned, ratooner, rattened, rattener, reordain. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-n-o-o-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: deteriorations. | |
+3 letters: biodeterioration. | |
+4 letters: biodeteriorations, dorsoventralities. | |
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