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Definitions: Liberation |
LiberationNoun1. The act of liberating someone or something. 2. The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "liberation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Mining | Freeing by comminution, or crushing and grinding, of particles of a specific mineral from their interlock with other constituents of the coalor ore. Also called severance. Syn:unlocking. (references) |
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| 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 |
LIBERATION | English | Libraries:electronic remote access to information over networks | Computing, Information |
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Synonyms: LiberationSynonyms: discharge (n), dismissal (n), dismission (n), firing (n), freeing (n), release (n), sack (n), sacking (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deliverance | Noun: deliverance, extrication, rescue; reprieve, reprieval; respite; liberation; emancipation; redemption, salvation; riddance; gaol delivery; redeemableness. |
Escape | Reprieve; (deliverance); liberation. refugee; (fugitive). |
Liberation | Noun: liberation, disengagement, release, enlargement, emancipation; disenthrallment, disenthralment; affranchisement, enfranchisement; manumission; discharge, dismissal. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Liberation |
| English words defined with "liberation": Buddhism ♦ commemorate ♦ Disenthrallment ♦ Ebullition ♦ front ♦ gay liberation movement ♦ movement ♦ Out of release ♦ Redelivery, Re-demption, remember ♦ social movement ♦ women's liberation movement. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "liberation": Arab Steadfastness Front ♦ Brown Fat ♦ C-Peptide ♦ degree of liberation, dolle Mina's ♦ Earth Liberation Front ♦ free-milling gold ♦ liberation of intergrown constituents ♦ mesh liberation size, mesh of grind ♦ National 4 and 5 May Committee,National Remembrance and Liberation Day ♦ overgrinding ♦ Quixote ♦ recalescence, release mesh ♦ Symbionese Liberation Army. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "liberation": Livraison. (references) |
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Screenplays | Actually, we's still working on just plain liberation. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) He's supporting Russian liberation fighters. (The Glimmer Man; writing credit: Kevin Brodbin) I'm interested in doing a weekly dramatic series based on the Ecumenical Liberation Army. (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky) | |
Lyrics | Get to know the feeling of liberation and release (Don't Dream It's Over; performing artist: Crowded House) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970) Liberation of Rome (1944) | |
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 | Liberation of Paris.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Unidentified concentration camp(s), Germany, at time of liberation by U.S. Army: Three U.S. Army (?) soldiers looking at bodies in oven.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Five starving men in German concentration camp at time of liberation by U.S. Army.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | U.S. Army in final drive on Guadalcanal. American soldiers, clad in the briefest clothing because of intense heat, blast away at the few remaining enemy positions left on Guadalcanal in the Solomons during the final offensive which led to liberation of th.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | African liberation day May 20.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Emprunt de la Liberation. Souscrivez. Sté. Gle. de Crédit Industriel & Commercial.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Emprunt de la Liberation. Souscrivez. Sté. Gle. de Crédit Industriel & Commercial.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Anti-apartheid Movement says support the African liberation struggle.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Zimbabwe majority rule now : support the liberation struggle.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | You've come a long way baby : women's liberation.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Bhagavad Gita | Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free. |
Victor Hugo | Liberation is not deliverance. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The day after his liberation, he saw before the door of an orange flower distillery at Grasse, some men who were unloading bags. |
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Business | A political movement, the Zapatista National Liberation Front (FZLN), was launched in September to pursue Zapatista goals through political action. (references) | |
The Liberation Plan considers the possibility of the wholesalers using the cache practices, so as soon as the Plan enters into force, the international operators will be legally allowed to use this cost reducing method. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | India | On June 26, two foreign journalists who had been detained by the Assam police for allegedly having met United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militants in Bhutan were released. (references) |
India | In Tripura there were several cases of harassment of non-Christians by Christian members of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), a militant tribal group with an evangelical bent. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Local journalists claim Sikder was most likely attacked for his reporting on the alleged collaboration of prominent local figures with Pakistani forces during the 1971 war of liberation, and on current criminal activities. (references) | |
Economic History | Angola | Pro-government--Peoples' Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). (references) |
Kuwait | His return after the liberation in February 1991 was relatively smooth. (references) | |
Democratic Republic of Congo | The Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), another rebel group, emerged later. (references) | |
Human Rights | Sri Lanka | The military wing of the People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) and the Razeek group were responsible for killing a number of persons. (references) |
Indonesia | Local community groups suspect that security forces killed Willem Onde, the leader of the Papua Liberation Front Army (TPNP), and his friend, Johanes Tumeng. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | Ten war veterans, including Cain Nkala, the chairman of the National Liberation War Veterans Association in Bulawayo, reportedly were detained for the kidnaping. (references) | |
Minorities | Sweden | For example, the Government declared January 27, the anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation, as a national day of remembrance. (references) |
Japan | In recent years, the Buraku Liberation League has placed less emphasis on class struggle and more emphasis on civil rights, social welfare, and the environment. (references) | |
Pakistan | Initially police officials urged the girls to report that they were robbed, not raped; however, when the Christian Liberation Front complained to government officials, the officials immediately registered the cases as rape cases, arrested three suspects, and promised to investigate police behavior. (references) | |
Political Economy | Hong Kong | A Chinese People's Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong has no responsibility for internal security. (references) |
West Bank | On September 4, 1999, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum. (references) | |
Eritrea | Since liberation in 1991, Eritrea has been characterized by political stability, fiscal restraint, and very low levels of corruption. (references) | |
Political Rights | Costa Rica | The National Liberation Party (PLN) won 23 seats, the Democratic Force won 3 seats, and 4 minor parties--the Labor Action, National Integration, Costa Rican Renovation, and Libertarian Movement parties--each won 1 seat. (references) |
Travel | Ghana | Liberation Road, Airport Residential Area, across from Polo Club, near Granada and Shangri-La hotels. (references) |
Sri Lanka | Areas of Instability: The 17-year old armed conflict between the government of Sri Lanka and a Tamil separatist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continues. (references) | |
Women | Morocco | On May 7, in the newspaper Liberation, the Democratic League for Women's Rights criticized some imams for attacking female poet Hakima Chaoui in their sermons, and for harming Islam in general by giving less importance to women. (references) |
Worker Rights | China | Security was intensified during sensitive anniversaries and festival days, and particularly during ceremonies surrounding the 50th anniversary of the "Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" in the summer. (references) |
Pakistan | The Bonded Labor Liberation Front (BLLF) is an NGO that advocates for the rights of bonded laborers and provides a safe haven and educational and vocational training for those who have escaped their bondage. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | The actual liberation of all our citizens who were prisoners in Algiers, while it gratifies every feeling of heart, is itself an earnest of a satisfactory termination of the whole negotiation. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Through liberation from widespread poverty we have reached a higher degree of individual freedom than ever before. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Free nations had fallen, Jews cried out in the camps, millions cried out for liberation. |
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| "Liberation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.89% of the time. "Liberation" is used about 1,782 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) | 99.89% | 1,780 | 4,742 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.11% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,782 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "liberation": Earth Liberation Front ♦ gay liberation movement ♦ liberation army ♦ liberation movement ♦ liberation war ♦ movement of liberation ♦ National 4 and 5 May Committee,National Remembrance and Liberation Day ♦ palestine liberation organization ♦ Symbionese Liberation Army ♦ women's liberation ♦ womens liberation movement ♦ women's liberation movement. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "liberation": liberation-causes-crime-in-women. | |
Ending with "liberation": post-liberation. | |
| 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. |
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Albanian | emancipim (emancipation), çlirim (acquittance, deliverance, disentanglement, emancipation, exemption, extrication, release, rescue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تحرير (emancipation, freeing, redaction, release, relief), تحرر (break free, cut oneself loose, disengage, free oneself, freedom, liberality, set free), التحرير (enfranchisement, manumission), إعتاق (exoneration, release), إطلاق (cast, dash, emission, exoneration, projection, release, releasing, shot, slip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | освобождение (deliverance, disengagement, exemption, release), освобождаване (delivery, discharge, disengagement, disentanglement, dismission, dispensation, disposal, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extrication, immunity, remission, rescue, vacation), освободителен (liberating), отделяне в свободно състояние, движение за женски права. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 解" (to liberate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | osvobození (acquittal, deliverance, enfranchisement, exemption, immunity, manumission, release, rescue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | periodiciteten af langsstoerkningen i V-form kan skyldes vekslende dannelse af frie krystaller,der falder til bunds,og pauser;disse pauser kan skyldes momentan varmefrigivelse ved dannelsen af krystallerne (the latter possibly resulting from the momentary liberation of heat by the formation of these crystals, the periodicity of this axial V-crystallization might correspond to cycles of formation and deposition of free crystals followed by arrests). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei (National 4 and 5 May Committee, National Remembrance and Liberation Day), de periodiciteit van deze axiale kristallisatie in V-vorm zou met perioden van vormen en neerslaan van vrije kristallen kunnen overeenkomen,gevolgd door stilstand,die mogelijk het gevolg is van het momentaan vrijkomen van warmte bij het vormen van deze kr (the latter possibly resulting from the momentary liberation of heat by the formation of these crystals, the periodicity of this axial V-crystallization might correspond to cycles of formation and deposition of free crystals followed by arrests). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vapautus (acquittal, clearing procedure, discharge, emancipation, exemption, release). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | libération, délivrance, dégagement, émancipation (liberating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | befreiung (absolving, deliverance, draft exemption, easement, exclusion, exemption, exoneration, freeing, release, releasing, relief, rescue, riddance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απελευθέρωση (deliverance, emancipation, freeing, manumission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שחרור (discharge, emancipation, exemption, release), 'אול" (deliverance, redemption, salvation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felszabadulás (enfranchisement), felszabadítás (affranchise, delivery, disengagement, emancipation, enfranchisement, manumission, relief), megszabadítás (deliverance, exoneration, rescue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pembebasan (deliverance, exemption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | liberazione (clearance, clearing, deliverance, delivery, discharge, disembodiment, enfranchisement, freeing, release, releasing, relief, rescuing, riddance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 釈" (acquittal, release), 解" (emancipation, release), リ"ア山猫 (libido, Libyan wildcat, lift, liftback, living, living kitchen, living room, living room set, living stock, makeover, rebate, reboot, reference, reference guide, referencer, refinance, refine, reflation, reflect, reflection, reflective, reform instructor, reform plan, refrain, refresh, refreshment, repeat, repeater, replace, replicate, replication, reply, repression, reprint, reproduction, revision, rib, rib roast, rift, ripple, rivet, updating), "流 (discharge, stockingwith), "免 (acquittal, release). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リブ (rib), しゃくほう (acquittal, release), ほうりゅう (discharge, stockingwith), ほうめ" (acquittal, direction, district, field, release), かいほう (breakwater, bulletin, circular, circulating letter, coast battery, convalescence, emancipation, evolution, extraction of roots, good news, idea borne in mind, liberalization, looking after, nursing, open, release, reply, report, solution, throw open). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 해방 (freeing, liberating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | seyrey (absolution, absolve, acquit, acquittal, affranchise, affranchisement, clear, clear from guilt, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber; exploit; clearing, disengage, dismiss, dismissal, disoblige, dispensation; exploitation, ease, emancipate, emancipation, enfranchise, exempt, exemption, exonerate, exoneration, free, justification, justify, liberate, purge, release, relieve, riddance, vindication, vindication act of), feasley (cast loose, loose, work out, work out as problem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | frigjøring (extrication), befrielse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iberationlay libertação (acquittal, clear-down, clearing, clearing procedure, deliverance, delivery, discharge, disengagement, emancipation, engage, escape, exequatur, extrinsic, freedom, release, relief, relieving, riddance), liberação (clearance), soltura (release), pôr em liberdade. (various references) liberare, scãpare (deliverance, escape, escapement, getaway, leakage, muff, negligence, omission, recourse, rescue, riddance, salvation, slip), eliminare (discharge, elimination), eliberare (absolution, deliverance, discharge, disengagement, emancipation, enfranchisement, issue, redemption, release, remand, rescue, riddance, vacation), degajare (clearance, clearing, disengagement, eduction, emission, escape, release). (various references) освобождение (deallocation, deliverance, discharge, disengagement, dismissal, dismission, emancipation, enfranchisement, excuse, exemption, manumission, quittance, release, relief, vacation). (various references) oslobođenje (decontrol, deliverance, disengagement, release, relief, riddance, vindication), oslobađanje. (various references) liberación (abreaction, clear-down, clearing, clearing procedure, deliverance, delivery, disconnection, disengagement, evolution, extrication, release, relieving, rescue, riddance). (various references) befrielse (acquittance, deliverance, dispensation, excuse, exemption, freedom, freeing, immunity, quittance, release, riddance). (various references) การทำให้ไ"้รับสิทธิอันเท่าเทียม, การปล"ปล่อยให้เป็นอิสระ. (various references) serbest kalma (disengagement, disentanglement, release), serbest bırakma (emancipation, extrication, release), kurtuluş (deliverance, escape, let out, out, release, salvation), kurtarma (deliverance, extrication, recovery, redemption, relief, rescue, salvage, salvation, save, saving, sea rescue, wrecking), azat (dismissal, enfranchisement, release), açığa çıkma. (various references) визволення (affranchisement, deliverance, manumission, rescue), звільнення (acquittal, acquittance, affranchisement, amendment, bounce, deliverance, disengagement, dismissal, dismission, ejection, emancipation, enfranchisement, enlargement, exemption, exoneration, freedom, immunity, push, quit, quittance, release, remission, remittal). (various references) sự phóng thích, sự giải phóng (affranchisement, emancipation, enfranchisement). (various references) rhyddhad (emancipation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | liberatio, liberatione, liberationem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "liberation": liberationist, liberationists, liberations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "liberation": deliberation, postliberation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "liberation": deliberations. (additional references) | |
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"Liberation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Liberacion, liberatio, liberational, Liberatyion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "liberation" (pronounced li'berā"shun) |
| 8 | l i' b er ā" sh u n | deliberation. |
| 6 | -b er ā" sh u n | aberration, collaboration, corroboration, elaboration, reverberation. |
| 5 | -er ā" sh u n | acceleration, admiration, adoration, agglomeration, alteration, amelioration, aspiration, cogeneration, coloration, commemoration, confederation, configuration, conglomeration, consideration, cooperation, corporation, deceleration, declaration, decoration, degeneration, desperation, discoloration, enumeration, evaporation, exaggeration, exasperation, exhilaration, exoneration, expiration, exploration, federation, figuration, generation, inauguration, incarceration, incorporation, inspiration, laceration, maturation, moderation, nonproliferation, operation, perforation, perspiration, preparation, proliferation, reconfiguration, reconsideration, recuperation, redecoration, refrigeration, regeneration, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, remuneration, reparation, respiration, restoration, 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-b-e-i-i-l-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: libration. | |
-2 letters: baritone, bilinear, inertial, laborite, libation, obtainer, oriental, relation, reobtain, taborine, tailbone. | |
-3 letters: aileron, airline, alienor, baronet, bloater, bornite, elation, inertia, latrine, librate, lintier, niobate, nitrile, notable, orbital, ratline, reboant, reliant, retinal, retinol, taborin, toenail, trenail, triable. | |
-4 letters: albeit, albino, albite, aliner, antler, aroint, atoner, bailer, bailie, bailor, baiter, banter, barite, berlin, binate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: liberations, prelibation. | |
+2 letters: deliberation, interorbital, obliterating, obliteration, prelibations. | |
+3 letters: abnormalities, bidirectional, deliberations, equilibration, inexorability, liberationist, obliterations, reasonability, recalibration, relubrication, republication, verbalization, vibrationless. | |
+4 letters: binocularities, bioregionalist, bowdlerization, defibrillation, enforceability, equilibrations, honorabilities, intolerability, liberalization, liberationists, postliberation, prepublication, rationalizable, recalibrations, rehabilitation, relubrications, remobilization, republications, subnormalities, verbalizations. | |
+5 letters: atrabiliousness, bidirectionally, bioregionalists, bowdlerizations, defibrillations, demonstrability, detribalization, imponderability, inexorabilities, insubordinately, interbehavioral, liberalizations, prepublications, reasonabilities, recognizability, recombinational, reconcilability, rehabilitations, remobilizations, unworkabilities. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 62 65 72 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .. -... . .-. .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101001 01100010 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i b e r a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0062 0065 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46756871846786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 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. Abbreviations 18. Acronyms 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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