Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word consolation.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word consolation.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

acton

action

alban

alan

airman

alman

angel

amman

angled

angles

angling

angle

anglers

angler

ankles

ankle

anklets

angels

anklet

ashen

apron

arson

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

baldwin

bagman

auden

bangles

bacon

bangle

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

barton

bastion

baston

basin

belgian

bason

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

bellman

baton

bayman

billion

billman

bellon

billon

bengals

bengal

bison

batten

bisson

bitten

boston

bludgeon

bollen

bobbin

bordman

bolden

bookman

blacken

boughten

boatman

blowgun

bourbon

brazen

brighten

brakeman

brethren

bracken

breton

briton

broaden

bowman

brogan

broken

bullion

burden

burdon

burgeon

cajun

bushman

button

cabin

caisson

burman

burton

calvin

canaan

cancel

cancels

canyon

canton

cannon

canon

caption

capstan

carbon

captain

carman

carmine

cauldron

caution

caxton

carton

cayman

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

chevron

charon

children

chessman

chasten

chicken

chieftain

cheapen

christen

chosen

christian

classman

citron

claxon

clinton

coachman

churchman

colon

common

concealed

conclave

conceals

conceal

conclude

concludes

congeal

congealed

consol

console

consoles

consul

consuls

consult

consults

corban

cordon

copeman

bungled

councils

council

cotton

counsel

bungler

bunglers

counsels

craftsman

craven

cretin

crewman

crimson

crouton

cuban

cumin

cushion

curtain

dagon

dalton

daman

dangles

damson

darken

dangle

dampen

damsel

deacon

deaden

deafen

dagan

deepen

delphian

demon

densely

desman

diction

dian

devon

dingle

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dozen

dungeon

dustman

dudgeon

draftsman

drunken

dutchman

dragon

driven

eaten

earthen

dromon

eden

elan

emption

enclave

faction

cousin

engine

english

engle

engles

engulf

enslave

ensign

ermine

fallen

falcon

famine

fangle

fashion

faustian

faulcon

fasten

felon

fatten

enclosed

fangled

fibrin

fiction

fielden

enclose

flashgun

flexion

fission

flatten

floren

footman

foreign

foreman

fountain

fortune

fraction

freshen

friction

freshman

fireman

freeman

frighten

freedman

gammon

firman

fungal

function

frozen

garden

gascon

gallon

georgian

garron

german

gentian

gilden

gingles

gibbon

given

mayan

fusion

gladden

grandson

gotten

graven

goodman

gorgon

gowan

grecian

gumption

haitian

guardsman

gudgeon

griffon

hackman

harden

hansel

harten

haven

happen

harken

headsman

headman

hasten

hearten

heathen

heaven

heighten

hausen

hempen

henchman

heron

hangman

hessian

hetman

hidden

horseman

homespun

himself

hogan

houseman

hoten

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

human

hyphen

hyson

glisten

incline

inclines

includes

include

hoven

ingles

ingle

inkling

insults

insult

jackman

jangle

jargon

jasmine

jason

ion

jingles

jetson

jordan

jingle

jetton

jorden

junction

jungles

kansan

jungle

kalan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

klansman

kenyan

kitchen

kinkle

kitten

knuckle

kirkman

kingly

knuckled

knuckles

kremlin

lancelet

laden

lampron

lagan

landsman

landman

layman

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lengthen

legion

leman

lemon

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

lightman

liman

lineman

linemen

liven

linden

lion

lisbon

lingle

linen

listen

locken

longan

luncheon

lockman

london

lotion

loosen

loren

loincloth

lopeman

lumen

mahone

lyden

maiden

lynden

m1

madden

logan

mangles

mangan

mangle

mansion

marlin

margin

marchman

markman

marten

martin

marron

mason

cowan

glidden

matron

melton

melon

million

mention

milken

minden

mingles

mingle

mignon

minion

mission

mitten

marksman

martian

mongols

mongol

molten

morgan

mormon

moisten

motion

inclined

mullen

mountain

muffin

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

oarsman

notion

muslin

onion

ocean

often

odin

onslaught

olden

open

omen

oneself

option

mutton

othman

golden

organ

oven

orphan

outdone

pagan

outrun

pardon

parson

packman

oxen

passion

panton

passman

pathan

patron

penciled

pencils

pencil

pavon

penguin

pectin

penman

pension

owen

paean

selden

patten

person

persian

pillion

pinion

pitman

plankton

pigeon

plantain

platen

platten

poison

piston

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

peon

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

rankle

rankles

redden

shaken

rerun

resin

riden

ribbon

ridden

rincon

riven

region

ripen

risen

robin

saxon

rosin

rotten

scion

gluten

scotsman

roman

russian

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

sanction

santon

samson

satan

satin

rosen

scallion

seaman

rumen

rowan

runnion

section

season

seedsman

rowen

scullion

semen

session

sharpen

seton

sequin

sermon

sexton

ruin

shaman

perron

seven

threaten

shearman

shipman

shingle

shingles

shotgun

shrunken

thicken

shogun

silken

sicken

siphon

singles

single

singly

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

smitten

soften

soldan

smuggle

smugglers

smuggler

smugly

solon

sovereign

sodden

sovran

spartan

spearman

snuggle

stallion

snugly

sportsman

station

squadron

stallman

spokesman

statesman

stepson

steven

spoken

stillion

stiffen

stockman

straighten

strengthen

stolen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

swingle

swollen

sylvan

surgeon

syphon

sweeten

taken

talon

tangles

tangle

summon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

tensile

shorten

tendon

twinkles

tillman

tingle

tinkle

tinsel

toman

titan

tonsil

tonsils

torsion

townsman

toughen

token

traction

treason

tungsten

trillion

tubman

tuscan

triton

trodden

twinkle

trojan

turban

uncle

uncles

undone

uncoil

unclean

unglue

union

unseal

urson

urchin

urine

urban

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

watchman

teston

wanton

waken

whiten

warden

wagon

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woolman

widen

wizen

whitson

thousand

wiccan

woolen

yachtsman

winkles

woodman

winkle

woman

women

wooden

worsen

written

workman

showman

woven

tighten

zaman

yaupon

yeoman

zion

zircon

shingler

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abrasion

abortion

abdomen

accession

abstraction

accretion

abstention

absorption

admission

adhesion

addition

addiction

adoption

adsorption

affection

aegean

adrian

affliction

african

acumen

alaskan

aggression

apportion

aleutian

alderman

angelic

albumin

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anglicans

anglicize

anglophile

angola

angular

angulate

anguilla

anyone

appian

albion

aryan

ascension

artisan

artesian

arian

arkansan

assumption

asuncion

assertion

aspersion

assassin

attention

attraction

audition

awaken

attrition

australian

austrian

aversion

bangladesh

backwoodsman

bandwagon

badminton

avian

backgammon

battalion

bedizen

biotin

bedridden

beholden

bedouin

beethoven

benjamin

bengalis

bengali

bouillon

bosnian

bitumen

brazilian

bulletin

corruption

bungalows

cambrian

campion

chamberlain

capsaicin

cardigan

bungalow

catalan

castration

carnation

causation

caucasian

cation

cartesian

carrion

cessation

cetacean

chairwoman

chairperson

chancellors

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chemically

chilean

chinchilla

chemical

civilian

citation

cistercian

cinnamon

citizen

clarion

clarendon

clergyman

chancellor

coercion

chemicals

cognition

collection

collegian

collagen

collision

collusion

cohesion

combustion

comical

commotion

companion

communion

compassion

compulsion

compunction

completion

complexion

compression

conception

concession

conduction

conclusion

concussion

conclusions

concoction

conclusive

condition

concealment

confection

confession

confucian

confusion

congestion

conjunction

connection

connexion

congressman

congolese

conical

conscription

consulate

construction

consular

constriction

consoling

consulates

consultant

consultants

commission

contention

contortion

consulting

contagion

contraction

contraption

convection

convention

conviction

contrition

conversion

contusion

correction

counseling

corsican

corrosion

councilors

councilor

counsellors

counselors

counsellor

bungling

counselor

crustacean

cremation

creation

croatian

crestfallen

dalmatian

cyprian

cynical

damnation

dangler

declension

deception

decision

deflation

deduction

deflection

defection

deletion

delusion

dentition

depletion

denizen

depiction

depression

description

derision

desertion

destruction

detection

determine

detention

devotion

dictation

diffraction

digression

diffusion

digestion

dilation

direction

elation

discretion

discussion

discipline

dilution

dispersion

dimension

disruption

dissection

donation

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

division

dominion

domical

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

dorian

downtrodden

election

abandon

countryman

eleven

emulsion

emblazon

emission

emotion

embolden

encryption

englishman

enclosing

enclosures

enclosure

enslavement

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

eruption

evasion

etruscan

eviction

everyone

exaction

exception

excision

erosion

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exemption

exertion

expansion

exhaustion

expulsion

expression

explosion

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

fenian

elison

ferryman

filtration

fijian

famously

fruition

fixation

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

frustration

finagle

foundation

franciscan

freudian

freemason

feminine

fisherman

forgotten

formation

gentleman

fustian

gaussian

genuine

galleon

garrison

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

ganglion

gravamen

gordian

gradation

gyration

guardian

grobian

guncotton

halogen

halcyon

harlequin

heartbroken

handwoven

hammerman

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inception

inaction

incision

inclement

inclusion

inclosure

included

inclusions

inclusive

incursion

inculcates

inculcate

indian

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

inflection

infliction

injection

infusion

ingestion

injunction

inhuman

inscription

infraction

insertion

insolence

instruction

insolent

inspection

insulate

insolvent

insular

insulting

intention

lanolin

lactation

invention

invasion

inversion

intrusion

javelin

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

intestine

jettison

korean

kantian

julian

keratin

keynesian

jovian

lecithin

laotian

laurentian

lesbian

ligation

libyan

libration

location

malaysian

logician

lumberman

mandarin

lutheran

malayan

magdalen

magician

margarine

marian

manslaughter

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

minuscule

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

mongoloid

monocle

moroccan

perception

munition

mutation

pentathlon

muskmelon

negation

narration

nemean

nevadan

nebraskan

niacin

nonhuman

nitrogen

nobleman

nonchalance

nonunion

obsession

notation

norwegian

nutrition

objection

nubian

obstruction

nonchalant

occasion

occlusion

octillion

omission

odeon

optation

myosin

optician

oppression

oration

opinion

origin

orion

ottoman

parisian

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

parthian

oxygen

painkillers

painkiller

outspoken

pavilion

partition

partisan

patrician

pelican

musician

percussion

perfection

perfusion

permian

permission

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

plantation

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plebeian

pinnacle

policeman

pollution

porcelain

possession

position

precession

precaution

precision

preclusion

predation

prediction

preemption

presumption

prescription

predestine

pretension

reduction

prevention

privation

production

profession

probation

procession

progression

projection

promotion

quotation

profusion

propulsion

protection

proscription

provision

protean

puritan

ramadan

reaction

reception

recession

rebellion

recision

proportion

redemption

regression

reflection

relation

rejection

religion

remission

rendition

repression

reptilian

resumption

restriction

resection

retraction

reversion

retention

reunion

revision

revulsion

rescission

rifleman

rhodopsin

regimen

ringleader

rotation

reopen

ringleaders

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

sans-culottes

scorpion

secretion

sedation

seduction

secession

sedition

seclusion

scythian

selection

sensation

senegal

sensual

thespian

silicon

simian

singleton

singular

skeleton

solomon

snapdragon

solution

starvation

specimen

stagnation

stygian

succession

subscription

submersion

submission

suburban

subversion

subtraction

suggestion

sumatran

summation

suppression

suspension

suspicion

superman

sunglasses

syrian

tactician

talisman

tamarin

tangelo

taxation

temptation

tinkler

timberman

tinkling

transaction

toboggan

tradition

transcription

transgression

transmission

transition

transfusion

truncation

twinkling

tuition

unbutton

unburden

technician

unbroken

uncertain

uneven

unequaled

unequal

uncommon

unwritten

unison

unwisely

uterine

vacation

venetian

vermilion

vibration

vocation

vatican

veteran

venison

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abolition

aberration

abyssinian

accordion

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

admonition

affirmation

adoration

affectation

adrenaline

agitation

alabaman

agrarian

albanian

altercation

alteration

alternation

algonquian

american

amputation

ancillary

ammunition

amphibian

aldebaran

angelica

annexation

angulated

angelicas

apparition

angelically

algerian

apprehension

arbitration

armageddon

barbarian

arabian

arthurian

armenian

arizonan

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

bangladeshi

backwardation

bangladeshis

binocular

binoculars

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calibration

canadian

californian

celebration

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

coloration

coloradan

columbian

collodion

comedian

comparison

compensation

competition

composition

comprehension

conclusively

conglomerate

conglomerates

consolidate

consolable

consolidates

committeeman

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

consultative

corp.

corporation

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

cotyledon

glaciation

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

criterion

custodian

cyclopean

cynically

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

deconstruction

decompression

dedication

defamation

definition

deformation

degradation

delegation

demarcation

dehydration

demonstration

demolition

decoration

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

destination

desperation

destitution

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

dietitian

devonian

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinflation

disinfection

dispensation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

diminution

elevation

dissipation

dissertation

education

dissolution

distribution

divination

dominican

draconian

duplication

electrician

emanation

elocution

elongation

emigration

embarkation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

excavation

estimation

evolution

european

evocation

estonian

exclamation

execution

eustachian

excitation

eritrean

erudition

explanation

explication

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expiration

expectation

exploration

expedition

exploitation

exposition

extradition

fabrication

extrication

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

emasculate

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

generation

germination

gentlewoman

gargantuan

ganglionic

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

guatemalan

gregorian

greco-roman

himalayan

hemoglobin

hesitation

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

historian

immigration

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

iberian

ibuprofen

inclination

hypertension

imitation

illustration

hyperion

inclinations

immaculate

implication

importation

imposition

impregnation

imputation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

implantation

imperfection

incrustation

indentation

incubation

indecision

indexation

inflammation

indignation

infestation

indiscretion

indonesian

indigestion

infiltration

insulated

inhibition

integration

information

inquisition

inoculates

inoculate

legislation

instigation

inspiration

institution

insoluble

insolvency

insolvencies

insulators

insulator

insurrection

interaction

interception

interruption

intercession

laceration

interjection

interdiction

intermission

intersection

intervention

interurban

inundation

introspection

introduction

intuition

invitation

interwoven

irrigation

jacobean

iteration

irritation

iranian

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

leviathan

liberation

librarian

levitation

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

linsey-woolsey

locomotion

lubrication

malformation

maccabean

macedonian

mammalian

malnutrition

maniacal

manumission

masturbation

medication

meditation

maturation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

moderation

misconception

misbegotten

miseration

misperception

missourian

mitigation

mortification

motivation

mongolian

molestation

monoclinic

moravian

nestorian

napoleon

newtonian

nonprescription

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nigerian

nonchalantly

nonpartisan

observation

obstetrician

oblivion

obsidian

opposition

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

orchestration

ostentation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

overburden

penetration

pelagian

pavlovian

penicillin

penicillins

pedestrian

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

politician

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

preconception

praetorian

precondition

predilection

preelection

preignition

presentation

premonition

preparation

preservation

predetermine

procreation

prohibition

proposition

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publication

radiation

punctuation

realization

readmission

reclamation

reassertion

recantation

recognition

recollection

reawaken

reconstruction

recreation

reelection

shakespearean

reformation

refutation

reexamine

registration

reinspection

reputation

relaxation

relocation

replication

repossession

repetition

reposition

reparation

reproduction

repercussion

republican

revocation

requisition

resignation

resolution

respiration

restoration

restitution

reservation

resurrection

revolution

retribution

retardation

retrocession

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

segmentation

sectarian

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

sicilian

simonian

single-handed

singularly

situation

smithsonian

statistician

subdivision

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substitution

surrogation

superhuman

supposition

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supervision

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

siberian

titillation

toleration

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transportation

transplantation

trepidation

ulceration

uneasily

unsalable

unusual

usurpation

valerian

vegetation

veneration

valuation

utopian

variation

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

accommodation

accumulation

accreditation

academician

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

amalgamation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amazonian

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amplification

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approximation

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attenuation

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assemblywoman

argentinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

augustinian

brutalization

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brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

cauterization

carolinian

carthaginian

centralization

certification

centenarian

christianization

civilization

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colonization

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commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliator

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confederation

configuration

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conglomeration

consolidated

consolidations

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

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deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

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delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

desalination

depreciation

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

dissemination

disinclination

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissociation

edification

domestication

dramatization

ejaculation

elaboration

elimination

elizabethan

glorification

electrocution

equalization

eradication

enumeration

epicurean

equivocation

evacuation

exaggeration

evaporation

ethiopian

exacerbation

examination

evaluation

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

expropriation

extermination

falsification

emasculated

facilitation

fertilization

fortification

gasification

maximization

gratification

gynecology

harmonization

hanoverian

hybridization

hydrogenation

humiliation

hyperborean

illumination

hyperinflation

imagination

incrimination

immunization

improvisation

incineration

inactivation

incarceration

inauguration

incalculable

incorporation

infatuation

indoctrination

inoculations

inhabitation

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interpolation

initiation

insinuation

instrumentation

insularity

interrogation

legalization

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interpretation

intoxication

invalidation

intimidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

justification

juxtaposition

jeffersonian

inequalities

inequality

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnification

magnetization

manifestation

maximilian

mathematician

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

misapprehension

mississippian

mobilization

modification

multiplication

mummification

perpetuation

neutralization

negotiation

neapolitan

normalization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

nullification

notification

obliteration

oregonian

origination

orientation

ornamentation

panamanian

organization

overproduction

pacification

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

pennsylvanians

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

predisposition

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

qualification

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

purification

pythagorean

ramification

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ratification

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recrimination

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regeneration

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rejuvenation

renunciation

remuneration

representation

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repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

sensuality

simplification

singularity

specialization

solicitation

sophistication

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

tonsillectomies

tonsillectomy

triangulation

unicellular

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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