Related Words:
- intermittence
collapse - the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping related words >
- abeyance,
- alternation,
- arrhythmia,
- beat,
- break,
- broken thread,
- brokenness,
- caesura,
- capriciousness,
- cease-fire,
- choppiness,
- coffee break,
- cyclicalness,
- day off,
- desultoriness,
- disconnectedness,
- disconnection,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- discontinuity,
- discontinuousness,
- discreteness,
- disjunction,
- downtime,
- drop,
- eccentricity,
- episode,
- erraticness,
- fibrillation,
- fitfulness,
- fits and starts,
- fluctuation,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- hesitation,
- holiday,
- incoherence,
- incompleteness,
- inconstancy,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittency,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- irregularity,
- jerkiness,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- letup,
- lull,
- meter,
- non sequitur,
- noncontinuance,
- nonlinearity,
- nonseriality,
- nonuniformity,
- off-time,
- oscillation,
- parenthesis,
- patchiness,
- pause,
- pendulum motion,
- periodicalness,
- periodicity,
- piston motion,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- pulsation,
- quiet spell,
- reappearance,
- recess,
- recurrence,
- regular wave motion,
- relief,
- remission,
- reoccurrence,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- return,
- rhythm,
- roughness,
- seasonality,
- spasticity,
- sporadicity,
- sporadicness,
- spottiness,
- stagger,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- suspension,
- time off,
- time out,
- truce,
- uncertainty,
- undulation,
- unevenness,
- unmethodicalness,
- unpredictability,
- unsteadiness,
- unsystematicness,
- vacation,
- variability,
- whimsicality,
- wobble
- tailpiece
collapse
- appendage added to extend the length of something related words >
- accession,
- accessory,
- accompaniment,
- addenda,
- addendum,
- additament,
- addition,
- additive,
- additory,
- additum,
- adjunct,
- adjuvant,
- afterpart,
- afterpiece,
- anacrusis,
- annex,
- annexation,
- appanage,
- appendage,
- appendant,
- appurtenance,
- appurtenant,
- attachment,
- augment,
- augmentation,
- back,
- back door,
- back seat,
- back side,
- bass passage,
- behind,
- bourdon,
- breech,
- bridge,
- brush,
- burden,
- cadence,
- cauda,
- caudal appendage,
- caudation,
- chorus,
- coda,
- complement,
- concomitant,
- continuation,
- corollary,
- cue,
- development,
- division,
- dock,
- exposition,
- extension,
- extrapolation,
- fantail,
- figure,
- fixture,
- folderol,
- harmonic close,
- heel,
- hind end,
- hind part,
- hindhead,
- increase,
- increment,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- introductory phrase,
- measure,
- movement,
- musical phrase,
- musical sentence,
- occiput,
- offshoot,
- ornament,
- part,
- passage,
- pendant,
- period,
- phrase,
- pigtail,
- posterior,
- postern,
- queue,
- rattail,
- rear,
- rear end,
- rearward,
- refrain,
- reinforcement,
- resolution,
- response,
- reverse,
- ritornello,
- section,
- side effect,
- side issue,
- stanza,
- statement,
- stern,
- strain,
- stub,
- supplement,
- tab,
- tag,
- tail,
- tail end,
- trail,
- trailer,
- train,
- tutti,
- tutti passage,
- undergirding,
- variation,
- verse,
- wake
- renunciation
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- the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
- an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned related words >
- abandonment,
- abdication,
- abeyance,
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- abnegation,
- abrogation,
- absolute contradiction,
- annulment,
- apostasy,
- breakoff,
- capitulation,
- cease,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- cession,
- close,
- closing,
- cold storage,
- constraint,
- contradiction,
- contrary assertion,
- contravention,
- controversion,
- countering,
- crossing,
- crossing-over,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- denial,
- desertion,
- desinence,
- desistance,
- disaffirmation,
- disallowance,
- disavowal,
- disclaimer,
- disclamation,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- disowning,
- disownment,
- dispensation,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- disproof,
- dropping out,
- dumping,
- eschewing,
- expatriation,
- forbearance,
- forbearing,
- forgoing,
- forswearing,
- frugality,
- gainsaying,
- getting rid of,
- giving in,
- giving over,
- giving up,
- golden mean,
- handing over,
- impugnment,
- letting go,
- moderateness,
- moderation,
- nonexercise,
- nothing in excess,
- nullification,
- palinode,
- palinody,
- recantation,
- recedence,
- recession,
- refutation,
- rejection,
- release,
- relinquishment,
- reneging,
- renouncement,
- reoccupy,
- repossess,
- repudiation,
- resignation,
- restraint,
- retake,
- retractation,
- retraction,
- retreat,
- revocation,
- revokement,
- riddance,
- sacrifice,
- self-abnegation,
- self-control,
- self-denial,
- self-discipline,
- self-mastery,
- self-restraint,
- self-sacrifice,
- shutdown,
- soberness,
- sobriety,
- sophrosyne,
- stopping,
- surcease,
- surrender,
- suspension,
- swearing off,
- temperance,
- temperateness,
- termination,
- treason,
- unsaying,
- waiver,
- withdrawal,
- withdrawing,
- yielding
- detention
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- a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" related words >
- afterthought,
- apprehension,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bureaucratic delay,
- captivity,
- check,
- clogging,
- close arrest,
- closing up,
- closure,
- confinement,
- constriction,
- cramp,
- custody,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detainment,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- durance,
- durance vile,
- duress,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- fixation,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- halt,
- hampering,
- hang-up,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- house arrest,
- immuration,
- immurement,
- impediment,
- imprisonment,
- incarceration,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interim,
- internment,
- interruption,
- jailing,
- jam,
- lag,
- lagging,
- let,
- letdown,
- letup,
- logjam,
- minus acceleration,
- moratorium,
- nab,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- pickup,
- pinch,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- repression,
- reprieve,
- resistance,
- respite,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- setback,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- squeeze,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- suppression,
- suspension,
- term of imprisonment,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait
- afterthought
collapse
- an addition that was not included in the original plan; "the garage was an afterthought" related words >
- PS,
- Parthian shot,
- about-face,
- addendum,
- afterthoughts,
- appendix,
- back matter,
- better thoughts,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- change of mind,
- chorus,
- coda,
- codicil,
- colophon,
- conclusion,
- consequence,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detention,
- developed thought,
- double take,
- dragging,
- dying words,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- flip,
- flip-flop,
- follow-through,
- follow-up,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- interim,
- jam,
- lag,
- lagging,
- last words,
- logjam,
- mature judgment,
- mature thought,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- paperasserie,
- parting shot,
- pause,
- peroration,
- postface,
- postfix,
- postlude,
- postscript,
- re-examination,
- reappraisal,
- reconsideration,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- refrain,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- rethinking,
- revaluation,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- review,
- right-about,
- right-about-face,
- ripe idea,
- second thought,
- second thoughts,
- sequel,
- sequela,
- sequelae,
- sequelant,
- sequent,
- sequitur,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- subscript,
- suffix,
- supplement,
- suspension,
- swan song,
- tag,
- tergiversating,
- tergiversation,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- turnabout,
- turnaround,
- volte-face,
- wait
- embrace
collapse
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family"
- the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- the state of taking in or encircling; "an island in the embrace of the sea"
- squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" related words >
- abduct,
- accept,
- accommodate,
- accost,
- accouple,
- accueil,
- accumulate,
- address,
- adhere,
- adhere to,
- admit,
- adopt,
- adoption,
- affiliate,
- agglomerate,
- agglutinate,
- amass,
- ankle,
- approve,
- articulate,
- articulation,
- assemble,
- assimilate,
- associate,
- band,
- bear,
- bear hug,
- bite,
- bob,
- bond,
- bosom,
- boundary,
- bow,
- box,
- bracket,
- bridge,
- bridge over,
- bunch,
- butt,
- carry,
- carry off,
- case,
- cement,
- cervix,
- chain,
- cherish,
- clamp,
- clap together,
- clasp,
- cleave,
- cleave to,
- clench,
- clinch,
- cling,
- cling to,
- clinging,
- clip,
- close,
- closure,
- clot,
- cluster,
- clutch,
- coagulate,
- cohere,
- collect,
- combine,
- come together,
- communicate,
- compass,
- compass about,
- complete,
- compose,
- comprehend,
- comprise,
- concatenate,
- congeal,
- conglobulate,
- conglomerate,
- conjoin,
- conjugate,
- connect,
- connecting link,
- connecting rod,
- connection,
- contain,
- converge,
- copulate,
- count in,
- couple,
- coupling,
- cover,
- cradle,
- crate,
- cuddle,
- curtsy,
- death grip,
- dovetail,
- elbow,
- embay,
- embody,
- embosom,
- embox,
- embracement,
- embracing,
- employ,
- encapsulate,
- encase,
- encircle,
- enclasp,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enfold,
- enfoldment,
- enshroud,
- entertain,
- entwine,
- envelop,
- environ,
- envisage,
- enwrap,
- espouse,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- firm hold,
- fold,
- fondle,
- foothold,
- footing,
- foster,
- freeze to,
- gather,
- glad hand,
- gliding joint,
- glue,
- go around,
- go in for,
- go round,
- grapple,
- grasp,
- greeting,
- grip,
- gripe,
- grow together,
- hail,
- hand-clasp,
- handshake,
- hang on,
- hang on to,
- hang together,
- harbor,
- have,
- have and hold,
- hearty welcome,
- hello,
- hinge,
- hinged joint,
- hip,
- hold,
- hold fast,
- hold on,
- hold on to,
- hold tight,
- hold together,
- how-do-you-do,
- hug,
- include,
- incorporate,
- intercommunicate,
- interface,
- invest,
- involve,
- iron grip,
- join,
- joining,
- joint,
- juncture,
- keep,
- keep hold of,
- kidnap,
- kiss,
- knee,
- knit,
- knot,
- knuckle,
- lap,
- lay together,
- league,
- link,
- lock,
- lump together,
- make use of,
- make welcome,
- marry,
- marshal,
- mass,
- meet,
- merge,
- miter,
- mobilize,
- mortise,
- neck,
- never let go,
- nip,
- nod,
- number among,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- nuzzle,
- occupy,
- open arms,
- pack,
- package,
- pair,
- pass,
- persist,
- piece together,
- pivot,
- pivot joint,
- press,
- purchase,
- put together,
- rabbet,
- ratify,
- receive,
- reception,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon with,
- roll into one,
- salutation,
- salute,
- scarf,
- seam,
- seizure,
- set,
- shanghai,
- sheathe,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- smile,
- smile of recognition,
- smiling reception,
- smother,
- snuggle,
- solder,
- solidify,
- span,
- splice,
- squeeze,
- stay,
- stay put,
- stick,
- stick to,
- stick together,
- stitch,
- subsume,
- surround,
- suture,
- swaddle,
- swathe,
- symphysis,
- take hold of,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take on,
- take over,
- take up,
- tape,
- the glad hand,
- throttle,
- tie,
- tie rod,
- tight grip,
- toehold,
- toggle,
- toggle joint,
- treasure,
- treasure up,
- twine,
- unify,
- union,
- unite,
- use,
- wave,
- welcome,
- welcome mat,
- welcoming,
- weld,
- wrap,
- wrap about,
- wrap up,
- wrist,
- yoke
- overlap
collapse
- the property of partial coincidence in time
- a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals"
- coincide partially or wholly; "Our vacations overlap"
- extend over and cover a part of; "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city" related words >
- accord,
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agree,
- agreement,
- answer to,
- applique,
- arch over,
- assent,
- assort with,
- be consistent,
- be of one,
- be uniform with,
- bedizenment,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- bridge,
- check,
- chime,
- chorus,
- cohere,
- coherence,
- coincide,
- coincidence,
- compatibility,
- concert,
- concord,
- concordance,
- concur,
- conform,
- conform with,
- conformance,
- conformation,
- conformity,
- congeniality,
- congruence,
- congruency,
- congruity,
- consist with,
- consistency,
- consonance,
- consort,
- cooperate,
- cooperation,
- correspond,
- correspondence,
- dovetail,
- duplication,
- duplication of effort,
- embellishment,
- equivalence,
- expletive,
- extend over,
- extravagance,
- fall in together,
- fat,
- featherbedding,
- filling,
- fit together,
- flap,
- fly,
- frill,
- frills,
- frippery,
- gingerbread,
- go together,
- go with,
- hang over,
- hang together,
- harmonize,
- harmony,
- hit,
- hold together,
- imbricate,
- imbrication,
- interlock,
- intersect,
- intersection,
- jibe,
- jut,
- lap,
- lap over,
- lie over,
- lock,
- luxury,
- match,
- needlessness,
- oneness,
- ornamentation,
- overadornment,
- overarch,
- overhang,
- overlapping,
- overlay,
- overlayer,
- overlie,
- override,
- padding,
- parallel,
- parallelism,
- payroll padding,
- peace,
- pleonasm,
- prolixity,
- rapport,
- redundance,
- redundancy,
- register,
- register with,
- respond to,
- ride,
- self-consistency,
- shingle,
- sing in chorus,
- sort with,
- span,
- square,
- square with,
- stand together,
- superfluity,
- superfluousness,
- symmetry,
- sync,
- synchronism,
- tally,
- tautology,
- timing,
- uniformity,
- union,
- unison,
- unisonance,
- unnecessariness,
- verbosity
- nullification
collapse
- the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
- the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress related words >
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- abolishment,
- abolition,
- abrogation,
- absolute contradiction,
- annihilation,
- annulment,
- autarky,
- bimetallism,
- cancel,
- canceling,
- cancellation,
- cassation,
- choking,
- choking off,
- contradiction,
- contrary assertion,
- contravention,
- controversion,
- counterbalancing,
- countering,
- countermand,
- counterorder,
- crossing,
- defeasance,
- denial,
- deracination,
- disaffirmation,
- disallowance,
- disavowal,
- disclaimer,
- disclamation,
- disownment,
- disproof,
- economic self-sufficiency,
- elimination,
- eradication,
- extermination,
- extinction,
- extinguishment,
- extirpation,
- forswearing,
- free enterprise,
- free trade,
- frustration,
- gainsaying,
- governmentalism,
- impugnment,
- invalidation,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- line,
- liquidation,
- localism,
- managed currency,
- negation,
- neutralization,
- noninterference,
- nonintervention,
- offsetting,
- party line,
- party principle,
- planned economy,
- policy,
- polity,
- position,
- price supports,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- public policy,
- pump-priming,
- purge,
- recall,
- recantation,
- refutation,
- renege,
- renunciation,
- repeal,
- repudiation,
- rescinding,
- rescindment,
- rescission,
- retractation,
- retraction,
- reversal,
- revocation,
- revoke,
- revokement,
- rooting out,
- sectionalism,
- setting aside,
- silencing,
- snuffing out,
- stifling,
- strangulation,
- suffocation,
- suppression,
- suspension,
- thwarting,
- undoing,
- uprooting,
- vacation,
- vacatur,
- vitiation,
- voidance,
- voiding,
- waiver,
- waiving,
- withdrawal,
- write-off
- inertia
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- (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain is state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force related words >
- a wise passiveness,
- abeyance,
- apathy,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- cautiousness,
- circumspection,
- contemplation,
- contemplative life,
- creeping,
- deadliness,
- deathliness,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- dilatoriness,
- do-nothing policy,
- do-nothingism,
- do-nothingness,
- dormancy,
- drawl,
- dullness,
- entropy,
- ergophobia,
- faineancy,
- faineantise,
- firmness,
- foot-dragging,
- hibernation,
- hoboism,
- idleness,
- immobility,
- immobilization,
- immovability,
- immovableness,
- inaction,
- inactiveness,
- inactivity,
- indifference,
- indolence,
- inertness,
- inexertion,
- inextricability,
- inflexibility,
- irremovability,
- just being,
- laggardness,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- languor,
- lassitude,
- latency,
- laziness,
- leisureliness,
- lentitude,
- lentor,
- listlessness,
- lotus-eating,
- lull,
- meditation,
- mere existence,
- mere tropism,
- motionlessness,
- neutralism,
- neutrality,
- neutralness,
- noninvolvement,
- nonparticipation,
- nonresistance,
- nonviolence,
- nonviolent resistance,
- pacifism,
- paralysis,
- passive resistance,
- passive self-annihilation,
- passiveness,
- passivism,
- passivity,
- pokiness,
- policy,
- procrastination,
- quiescence,
- quietism,
- reluctance,
- remissness,
- rigidity,
- shiftlessness,
- slackness,
- sloth,
- slothfulness,
- slowness,
- sluggardy,
- sluggishness,
- solidity,
- spring fever,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- standpattism,
- stasis,
- suspense,
- suspension,
- tentativeness,
- torpor,
- underactivity,
- unmovability,
- unyieldingness,
- vagrancy,
- vegetation,
- vis inertiae,
- vita contemplativa,
- waiting game,
- watching and waiting
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