Rhyme Dictionary
Rhymes with “Retaliation”
/ɹɪˌtæliˈeɪʃən/
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
♬100 rhyming words found
🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Retaliation"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "retaliation" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| trepidation | 4 | noun | Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence. |
| indignation | 4 | noun | An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice. |
| exhilaration | 5 | noun | The state of being enlivened, cheerful or exhilarated. |
| veneration | 4 | noun | Profound reverence, respect or awe. |
| elation | 3 | noun | A feeling of joy and pride. |
| condemnation | 4 | noun | The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong. |
| gratification | 5 | noun | (uncountable) A feeling of pleasure; satisfaction. |
| inclination | 4 | noun | A tendency. |
| aspiration | 4 | noun | The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of). |
| desolation | 4 | noun | The state of being desolated or laid waste |
| affirmation | 4 | noun | That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. |
| rumination | 4 | noun | (figuratively) Deep thought or consideration. |
| exasperation | 5 | noun | The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger. |
| transformation | 4 | noun | The act of transforming or the state of being transformed. |
| prevarication | 5 | noun | Evasion of the truth. |
| anticipation | 5 | noun | The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur. |
| determination | 5 | noun | The act of determining, or the state of being determined. |
| manifestation | 5 | noun | The act or process of becoming manifest. |
| alienation | 5 | noun | The state of being alienated. |
| amalgamation | 5 | noun | The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation. |
| demarcation | 4 | noun | The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire. |
| fixation | 3 | noun | A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing. |
| consolation | 4 | noun | The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled. |
| infatuation | 5 | noun | An immensely strong love or sexual attraction. |
| implication | 4 | noun | (countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action. |
| adulation | 4 | noun | Flattery; fulsome praise. |
| conflagration | 4 | noun | A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning. |
| foundation | 3 | noun | That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding. |
| congregation | 4 | noun | A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form). |
| devastation | 4 | noun | The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. |
| aberration | 4 | noun | The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state. |
| sensation | 3 | noun | A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed. |
| organization | 5 | noun | (countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules. |
| adoration | 4 | noun | (uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination. |
| aggravation | 4 | noun | The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences. |
| salvation | 3 | noun | (religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell). |
| contemplation | 4 | noun | The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought |
| commendation | 4 | noun | The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. |
| integration | 4 | noun | The act or process of making whole or entire. |
| relation | 3 | noun | The manner in which two things may be associated. |
| motivation | 4 | noun | An incentive or reason for doing something. |
| vocation | 3 | noun | An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified. |
| irritation | 4 | noun | The state of being irritated. |
| evaluation | 5 | noun | An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation. |
| culmination | 4 | noun | (UK, Canada) An endpoint arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something. |
| privation | 3 | noun | The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life. |
| insinuation | 5 | noun | That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion |
| association | 5 | noun | (countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something. |
| laceration | 4 | noun | An irregular open wound to soft tissue. |
| vindication | 4 | noun | Evidence, facts, statements, or arguments that justify a claim or belief. |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Retaliation"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| brazen | 2 | verb | Shameless or impudent; shocking or audacious; brash. |
| maven | 2 | noun | (chiefly US) An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado. |
| adjacent | 3 | noun | Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on. |
| satisfaction | 4 | noun | A fulfilment of a need or desire. |
| craven | 2 | noun | Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly. |
| action | 2 | noun | The effort of performing or doing something. |
| coercion | 3 | noun | (uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing. |
| interaction | 4 | noun | A conversation or exchange between people. |
| angel | 2 | noun | An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes. |
| question | 2 | noun | A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative. |
| tension | 2 | noun | The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other. |
| abrasion | 3 | noun | The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. |
| caisson | 2 | noun | (engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc. |
| emblazon | 3 | verb | (transitive) To adorn with prominent markings. |
| protection | 3 | noun | The process of keeping (something or someone) safe. |
| suggestion | 3 | noun | (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for) |
| chasten | 2 | verb | To render humble or restrained. |
| raven | 2 | noun | (countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax). |
| impatient | 3 | Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays. | |
| invasion | 3 | noun | A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government. |
| evasion | 3 | noun | The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding. |
| occasion | 3 | noun | The time when something happens. |
| wasted | 2 | (slang) Very drunk or stoned. | |
| taken | 2 | (informal) In a serious romantic relationship. | |
| suasion | 2 | noun | The act of urging or influencing; persuasion. |
| extension | 3 | noun | The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase. |
| mention | 2 | verb | A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. |
| facing | 2 | noun | Positioned so as to face (in a particular direction) |
| cave in | 2 | verb | To collapse inward or downward. |
| transaction | 3 | noun | An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc. |
| prevention | 3 | noun | (medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.). |
| mason | 2 | noun | A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick |
| impatience | 3 | noun | The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something. |
| reaction | 3 | noun | An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event. |
| resurrection | 4 | noun | The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again. |
| basement | 2 | noun | (architecture) A floor of a building below ground level. |
| caucasian | 3 | noun | (Canada, US, Australia, Singapore) Of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry; white. |
| river basin | 4 | noun | (geography) An extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a river or series of rivers. |
| sensations | 3 | noun | A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed. |
| reservations | 4 | noun | An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance. |
| equation | 3 | noun | (mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; in mathematical problems, equations describe various essential aspects of the problem, each of which contributes to the resolution of the problem in part. |
| completion | 3 | noun | The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment. |
| understatement | 4 | noun | (uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect. |
| shaven | 2 | Having been shaved. | |
| election | 3 | noun | A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote. |
| interception | 4 | noun | An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted. |
| containment | 3 | noun | (uncountable, countable) The state of containing. |
| drainage basin | 4 | noun | (hydrology) A topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet; a watershed. |
| unshaven | 3 | Not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed. | |
| stave in | 2 | verb | To stave from the outside, to crush inward, to cause to collapse inward. |
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