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Definitions: Retribution |
RetributionNoun1. A justly deserved penalty. 2. The act of correcting for your wrongdoing. 3. The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "retribution" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Satire | RETRIBUTION, n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by evicting them. In the lines following, addressed to an Emperor in exile by Father Gassalasca Jape, the reverend poet appears to hint his sense of the improduence of turning about to face Retribution when it is talking exercise: What, what! Dom Pedro, you desire to go Back to Brazil to end your days in quiet? Why, what assurance have you 'twould be so? 'Tis not so long since you were in a riot, And your dear subjects showed a will to fly at Your throat and shake you like a rat. You know That empires are ungrateful; are you certain Republics are less handy to get hurt in?. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: RetributionSynonyms: requital (n), vengeance (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Payment | Repayment, reimbursement, retribution; pay;(reward); money paid; (expenditure). |
Penalty | Noun: penalty; retribution; (punishment); pain, pains and penalties; weregild, wergild; peine forte et dure; penance; (atonement); the devil to pay. |
Punishment | Discipline, infliction, trial; judgment; penalty; retribution; thunderbolt, Nemesis; requital; (reward); penology; retributive justice. |
Retaliation | Noun: retaliation, reprisal, retort, payback; counter-stroke, counter-blast, counterplot, counter-project; retribution, lex talionis; reciprocation; (reciprocity). |
Reward | Indemnity, indemnification; quittance; compensation; reparation, redress, satisfaction; reckoning, acknowledgment, requital, amends, sop; atonement, retribution; consideration, return, quid pro quo. |
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Crosswords: Retribution |
| English words defined with "retribution": avenging ♦ get ♦ Nemesis ♦ payoff ♦ receive, Refaction, Retributer, retributive, retributory, reward ♦ Vengement, vindicatory ♦ wages. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "retribution": Mills of God grind slowly ♦ Restorationists, retribution. (references) |
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Screenplays | Although justice must be tempered with mercy, it must still maintain a sense of retribution. (Law & Order; writing credit: Peter Yeldham) Fear of divine retribution a bolt of fire from the skies. (How Green Was My Valley; writing credit: Richard Llewellyn; Philip Dunne) An attack of retribution. (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Isle of Retribution (1926) Retribution (1921) Tides of Retribution (1915) Retribution (1915) The Kiss of Retribution (1913) | |
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution. |
Hosea Ballou | Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Secondly, It must be without retribution, or punishment; and the reason he gives is, because an inferior cannot punish a superior. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Health | Feelings of guilt may stem from thinking that the child's illness is retribution for the parents' past mistakes. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Central African Republic | Most of those who remained were believed to be Yakoma who feared retribution if they returned home. (references) |
Cambodia | During the year, there were no clear instances of government intimidation or retribution against newspapers for reporting critical of the Government. (references) | |
Armenia | However, to avoid repetition of the retribution experienced in the past from powerful officials and other individuals, most journalists continued to practice self-censorship, particularly when reporting on major cases of corruption or national security issues. (references) | |
Economic History | Zimbabwe | Although additional blacks were hired to fill new places in the civil service, there was no retribution for those whites who had worked for the Smith regime. (references) |
Human Rights | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Victims of police abuse were usually reluctant to report instances for fear of retribution. (references) |
Poland | However, prosecutors have the authority to grant witnesses anonymity at trial if they express fear of retribution from the defendant. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | The Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC) attributed Secue's murder to the FARC and said the killing may have been retribution for Secue's investigations of crimes by the FARC. (references) |
Minorities | India | Social pressures to enforce rigid caste lines in all social settings can lead to extraordinary episodes of vigilante retribution. (references) |
Jordan | In previous years, when the Government intervened, it sometimes placed the women concerned into "protective custody" to prevent retribution by one of the families. (references) | |
Political Economy | NETHERLANDS | There is no retribution against striking workers. (references) |
PARAGUAY | Strikers and leaders are protected by the Constitution against retribution. (references) | |
HONDURAS | Although the labor code prohibits retribution by employers for trade union activity, it is a common occurrence. (references) | |
Political Rights | Zimbabwe | In many districts, the campaign reportedly backfired, resulting in additional votes for the opposition, but in others voters stayed away from the polls due to fear of retribution. (references) |
Women | Kenya | The rate of prosecution remains low because of cultural inhibitions against publicly discussing sex, fear of retribution, disinclination of police to intervene in domestic disputes, and unavailability of doctors who otherwise might provide the necessary evidence for conviction. (references) |
India | The August HRW report states that "the triple burden of caste, class, and gender effectively ensured that lower-caste women are the farthest removed from legal protections." In Kashmir Lashkar-e-Jabbar, the terrorist group that has required all Muslim women to wear a burqa (a garment which totally covers the face and body) when in public or risk retribution. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Slovak Republic | There were no instances of retribution against strikers or labor leaders. (references) |
Ghana | The IRA prohibits retribution against strikers, and this law is enforced. (references) | |
Angola | The law does not prohibit employer retribution against strikers effectively. (references) | |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Our patience has been and will probably be still further severely tried, but our fellow citizens whose interests are involved may confide in the determination of the Government to obtain for them eventually ample retribution. |
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| "Retribution" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Retribution" is used about 290 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% | 290 | 17,096 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "retribution". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Shillem | N/A | Biblical | Retribution |
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Expressions using "retribution": divine retribution ♦ just retribution. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "retribution": offence-retribution. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
retribution | 41 |
eternal retribution | 7 |
retribution theology | 7 |
craft retribution star | 7 |
halloween retribution | 3 |
hoffman jilliane retribution | 2 |
retribution symbolic | 2 |
goal retribution sentencing | 2 |
retribution spells | 2 |
definition retribution | 2 |
assault retribution | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "retribution"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مكافأة (consideration, hay, incentive, pay, pay off, payment, recompense, remuneration, repayment, requital, reward, rewarding), عقوبة (get a hanging, gruel, pain, penalization, penalty, punishment, sentence), عقاب (chastise, forfeit, music, penality, penalty, punishment, sanction), جزاء (pay, payment, penalty, recompense, requital, sanction), الثواب والعقاب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | възмездие (comeuppance, judgement, judgment, nemesis, pay, payment, payoff, requital, restitution, reward, wage), наказание (amercement, award, castigation, discipline, gruel, infliction, judgement, judgment, pain, pay, payment, penalty, plague, punishment, rap, requital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 报应, 報應 (judgment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | trest (castigation, nemesis, pain, penalty, punishment), pomsta (revenge, vengeance), odveta (backlash, reprisal, retaliation, retort, retortion, return, revenge, vengeance), odplata (nemesis, reckoning, requital, retaliation, reward), odškodnìní (compensation, indemnification, restitution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مجازاتی (Penal, Pnitive), مجازات (Penalty, Punishment, Reprimand), کیفری (Penal, Pnitive), کیفر (Penalty), تلافی (Amends, Greet, Incidence, Repay, Reprisal, Restitution, Retort, Tit), سزا (Punishment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | récompense (recompense, reimbursement, repayment, requital, reward, rewarding), punition, châtiment. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vergeltung (quittance, repayment, requital, retaliation, vengeance), Strafe (chastisement, fine, forfeit, penalty, penance, punishment, sentence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τιμωρία (castigation, chastisement, correction, gantlet, penalization, penalty, punishment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תשלום (charge, completion, disbursement, fee, offset, pay, payment, reward), תגמול (benefit, gratuity, recompense, reprisal, requital, retaliation, reward), עונש (fine, forfeit, penalty, punishment), גמול (bereft, earnings, offset, payment, recompense, repayment, requital, retaliation, reward, wage, weanling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | büntetés (castigation, chastisement, fine, forfeit, imposition, pain, penalty, punishment, reward), megtorlás (punishment, recompense, reprisal, requital, retaliation, revenge, reward, sanction, strafe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ganjaran (just deserts, punishment, reward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ricompensa (award, compensation, consideration, meed, payoff, repayment, requital, reward), castigo di dio (judgement, judgment), castigo (castigation, chastisement, pain, penalty, punishment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 罰 (curse, penalty, punishment), 冥罰 (divine punishment), 因果応報 (karma), 応報 , 報復 , 報い (punishment, recompense, return, reward), 報 (information, punishment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おうほう (interview, royal decree, visit), ばち (curse, pick, plectrum, punishment), ほうふく (convulsed with laughter, robes of a judge or lawyer or priest), ほう (Act, cannon, divide, emulate, follow, gun, imitate, information, male phoenix bird, punishment, salary, side), いんがおうほう (karma), めいばつ (divine punishment), むくい (punishment, recompense, return, reward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 응보. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhiasagh (amends, atonement, compensation, manure, recompense, redress, reparation, reprisal, revisionary), aayeeilley (compensate, compensation, rebate, recoup, repay, repayment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etributionray retribuição (comeback, pay, reciprocation, remuneration, render, repayment, requital, return, reward, wage), retaliação (reprisal, retaliation, retort), vingança (avengement, comeback, requital, retaliation, revenge, sword, vengeance), paga do mal praticado, desforra (avengement, retaliation, revenge, vengeance), castigo (avengement, birching, castigation, chastisement, discipline, flogging, grueling, gruelling, pain, payment in advance, penalty, punishment, sanction). (various references) retribuţie (distribution, pay off, remuneration, salary), remuneraţie (emolument, pay, remuneration), recompensã (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, award, compensation, consideration, desert, hire, pay, prize, recompense, remuneration, repayment, requital, reward), rãzbunare (pay, requital, revenge, vengeance), rãsplatã (bestowal, desert, guerdon, payment, payola, price, prize, recompense, requital, return, reward, wage), pedeapsã (calamity, castigation, chastisement, cuss, discipline, imposition, lag, pain, payment, pedate, penalty, penance, performance, plague, punishment, rod, sanction, trouble), împãrţire (admeasurement, apportionment, comminution, dispensation, distribution, division, impartation, impartment, partition). (various references) кара (judgement, judgment, scourge, visitation), возмездие (come back, recompense, requital, retaliation), воздаяние (oblation, retaliation). (various references) odmazda (guerdon, reprisal, retaliation, revenge, tit), kazna (castigation, fine, forfeit, penalty, punishment, rap, scourge). (various references) venganza (retaliation, revenge, vengeance), pena merecida, justo castigo (nemesis), desquite (requital, retaliation, return match). (various references) vedergällning (payoff, reprisal, requital, reward). (various references) misilleme (answer, quittance, recompense, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retaliatory, retortion), intikam (nemesis, payoff, revenge, vengeance, vindication), ceza (correction, criminal, fine, forfeit, imposition, infliction, pain, penal, penalty, punishment, punitive, recompense, sconce), öç (nemesis, requital, retaliation, revenge, vengeance). (various references) jeza (penalty, punishment). (various references) відплата (atonement, comeback, comeuppance, nemesis, oblation, quits, requital, retaliation, retort, reward, wages, wrack), віддяка. (various references) sự trừng phạt (amercement, castigation, chastisement, lesson, punishment, toco, toko), sự đền đáp (consideration, repayment, requital, return). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inpune, poena, poenae, poenam, poenas, poenis, talio, talio; -onis, ultio, ultione, ultionem, ultiones, ultioni, ultionis, ultionum. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "retribution": retributions. (additional references) | |
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"Retribution" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: etribution, reribution, retibution, retirbution, retrbution, retrebution, retribation, retrobution, retrubution. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "retribution" (pronounced re'trubyuw"shun) |
| 9 | -t r u b y uw" sh u n | attribution, contribution, distribution, redistribution. |
| 5 | -y uw" sh u n | electrocution, elocution, execution, lilliputian, persecution, prosecution. |
| 4 | -uw" sh u n | absolution, constitution, counterrevolution, devolution, dilution, diminution, dissolution, evolution, institution, pollution, prostitution, resolution, restitution, revolution, solution, substitution. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dimension, 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, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, elevation, elimination, 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, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, 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, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, 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, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, 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, 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, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, 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, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-i-n-o-r-r-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: buttoner, interior, rebutton, troutier, trueborn, unbitter. | |
-4 letters: biotite, bittern, bittier, bornite, brinier, bruiter, burrito, introit, nitrite, nittier, nuttier, orbiter, routine, runtier, ruttier, torrent, torture, tribune, tribute, tritone, tuition, turbine. | |
-5 letters: bettor, biotin, bitten, bitter, bonier, bourne, briner, brunet, bunter, burier, burner, burnet, burnie, burton, butter, button, intort, intuit, ironer, norite, nutter, orbier, orient. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-i-n-o-r-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: retributions. | |
+2 letters: reattribution. | |
+3 letters: reattributions, redistribution. | |
+4 letters: redistributions. | |
+5 letters: redistributional. | |
| 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)52 65 74 72 69 62 75 74 69 6F 6E |
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| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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