1,000+ Rhymes For ABSTENTIONS

• a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt

• act of expanding in scope; making more widely available

• the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

• an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

• act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

• a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename

• the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to

• the ability to raise the working leg high in the air

• amount or degree or range to which something extends

• an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

• an addition to the length of something

• an addition that extends a main building

• the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)

• a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

• one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space

• magnitude or extent

• indicate the dimensions on

• shape or form to required dimensions

• the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• a function expressed as a sum or product of terms

• a discussion that provides additional information

• adding information or detail

• a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

• a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home

• an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

• (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal

• an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out

• a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• temporary cessation or suspension

• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

• a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

• the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

• a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)

• the act of making and recording a measurement

• the act of observing; taking a patient look

• a remark expressing careful consideration

• facts learned by observing

• the act of noticing or paying attention

• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

• the physical condition of being stretched or strained

• a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature)

• (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body

• feelings of hostility that are not manifest

• the action of stretching something tight

• the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

• the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

• a general interest that leads people to want to know more

• a courteous act indicating affection

• the faculty or power of mental concentration

• a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review

• a large formal assembly

• something regarded as a normative example

• (diplomacy) an international agreement

• orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

• the act of convening

• the creation of something in the mind

• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

• the act of inventing

• a remark that calls attention to something or someone

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

• an official recognition of merit

• make reference to

• make mention of

• commend

• an expression of approval and commendation

• a point asserted as part of an argument

• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

• the act of competing as for profit or a prize

• the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)

• a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

• the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others

• (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings

• care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

• assistance in time of difficulty

• an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band

• the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments

• an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect

• the act of enrolling

• the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time

• a document certifying an act of registering

• (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops

• the act of adjusting something to match a standard

• a stock or supply of foods

• the act of exhibiting

• a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

• a coming to an end of a contract period

• euphemistic expressions for death

• the act of expelling air from the lungs

• a deliberately false or improbable account

• writing in a fictional form

• the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

• the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

• the trait of being injudicious

• a petty misdeed

• a false or unsupportable quality

• the advancing of a claim

• the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

• a midday meal

• An incorrect perception.

• a state of extreme poverty

• act of depriving someone of food or money or rights

• the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

• process of changing to an inferior state

• a downward slope or bend

• a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms

• one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth

• dominance or power through legal authority

• a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

• (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

• a large and imposing house

• a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working

• grant a pension to

• exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

• the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means

• fearful expectation or anticipation

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• painful expectation

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)

• 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)

• 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)

• (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management)

• the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment

• neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

• surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)

• the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

• a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view

• a show of military force or preparedness

• a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)

• proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion

• a visual presentation showing how something works

• a change for the worse

• a shape resulting from distortion

• an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

• a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

• the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

• an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

• a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized

• artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

• showing by example

• an item of information that is typical of a class or group

• a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used to make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand

• a formal or official examination

• unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

• an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

• the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state

• the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685

• getting something back again

• the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660

• the state of being restored to its former good condition

• some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed

• a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.

• a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• the act of administering medication

• the tenure of a president

• the act of governing; exercising authority

• the act of meting out justice according to the law

• a will to succeed

• a cherished desire

• a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath

• the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing

• a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

• celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church

• a hypothesis that is taken for granted

• (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

• the act of taking possession of or power over something

• audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

• the act of assuming or taking for granted

• the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement

• the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void

• thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

• an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement

• (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

• a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

• a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding

• a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

• the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

• the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction