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

action

acton

airman

alban

alman

alan

amman

anthem

anthems

apron

ashen

banyan

asian

arson

aspen

auction

atman

auden

austin

bagman

bacon

baldwin

banding

basin

bason

bantam

baron

barren

bantams

bargain

barton

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

billion

beacon

beaten

beckon

bison

belgian

bellman

bending

bellon

billman

begun

billon

binding

bindings

bisson

blacken

bludgeon

bobbin

boatman

bolden

blowgun

bonding

bollen

bracken

bookman

boston

bounding

brakeman

bordman

boughten

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brethren

breton

bitten

brighten

bullion

broaden

brogan

broken

bunting

burden

cajun

burman

caisson

cabin

burgeon

bushman

burdon

burton

button

calvin

briton

canaan

canyon

canton

cantons

capstan

canteens

canteen

captain

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

caxton

cayman

cauldron

centime

certain

centner

chairman

centimes

chaplain

chanting

chapman

chasten

chevron

children

chieftain

chicken

christian

citron

chessman

claxon

clinton

coachman

classman

colon

cheapen

charon

comedown

chosen

common

christen

churchman

canon

condemn

condemned

condemns

condense

condone

condones

condensed

contains

contents

content

contends

contempt

contend

contain

corban

cordon

copeman

contemn

cotton

cannon

craftsman

craven

cousin

crimson

crewman

crouton

cumin

cushion

curtain

dampen

cuban

damson

dagan

daman

dalton

dagon

darken

daunting

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

dentine

desman

diction

dian

devon

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dragon

dozen

driven

dromon

dungeon

drunken

eaten

eden

dudgeon

dustman

dutchman

elan

earthen

emption

ensign

ending

engine

endings

entwine

entomb

ermine

fashion

faction

famine

falcon

fainting

fallen

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

fiction

felon

fibrin

firman

flatten

fireman

findings

flexion

fission

flashgun

floren

fraction

footman

fountain

fortune

fountains

foreman

founding

foreign

freshen

freshman

freeman

freedman

friction

frighten

function

fusion

funding

gentian

gammon

gascon

gallon

garron

garden

georgian

german

frozen

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glisten

glidden

gluten

graven

gorgon

gotten

gowan

grecian

griffon

gumption

haitian

hackman

gudgeon

guardsman

handmade

hangman

happen

harden

golden

harken

hasten

henchman

haven

heighten

heathen

harten

headman

hearten

hausen

hempen

heaven

heron

hessian

hetman

hidden

hogan

homespun

hounding

horseman

goodman

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

hunting

huntsman

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

cowan

indent

intend

intense

intends

intents

intone

intones

fielden

finding

ion

jason

cretin

jackman

jasmine

jetson

jargon

headsman

junction

kalan

jorden

kansan

keelson

klansman

kenyan

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

knitting

kremlin

lesion

laden

lampron

landman

landsman

landing

lagan

landings

landmarks

landmark

latin

lengthen

layman

lemon

legion

lending

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lendings

lessen

lichen

lighten

liken

lightman

liman

leven

lineman

linemen

london

lion

linden

linen

listen

lindane

m1

liven

lockman

locken

lisbon

logan

luncheon

longan

lyden

lotion

lynden

loosen

loren

lumen

lopeman

madden

lesson

jordan

mahone

maiden

maintain

maintains

mangan

margin

marlin

marten

marchman

markman

marron

marksman

martian

martin

mason

mayan

matron

mentions

mention

melton

melon

mignon

million

milken

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

minding

morgan

mormon

mountain

motion

mountains

mundane

mounting

muffin

mullen

muslin

nation

mutton

nekton

jetton

newsman

nineteen

nineteenth

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

often

odin

ointment

onion

open

option

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

olden

omen

owen

oxen

packman

pagan

painting

paintings

paean

passion

panting

panton

parson

pardon

passman

pathan

patten

pendant

patron

pending

pavon

penguin

pension

penman

pentane

peon

pectin

person

persian

perron

phantom

phantoms

pigeon

pinion

plantain

plankton

platen

platten

pillion

piston

pitman

pointing

poison

ponton

pollan

pollen

pontoon

pontoons

portion

pounding

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

question

quantum

proven

pullen

quintin

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

random

redden

region

intent

ninon

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

rincon

robin

roman

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

rosen

rosin

rounding

rotten

runnion

salmon

russian

saffron

sadden

rumen

salesman

ruin

samson

sanction

santon

satan

sandman

satin

saxon

scallion

scion

scotsman

scullion

seaman

season

section

selden

seedsman

semen

sentence

sermon

session

shrunken

shaken

seton

sexton

seven

sharpen

sequin

shearman

straighten

shipman

shogun

shorten

shaman

shotgun

siphon

siren

sicken

slacken

smarten

sodden

soften

soldan

smitten

solon

smoothen

smoothing

shunting

smoothens

somethings

stillion

slogan

something

sometime

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sounding

soundings

spearman

station

stallion

squadron

stallman

squinting

spoken

statesman

spokesman

stepson

sportsman

steven

stiffen

sometimes

stockman

stolen

strengthen

showman

suasion

sturgeon

stricken

striven

silken

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

rowen

sunken

sundown

syphon

taken

sweeten

sylvan

swollen

talon

tandem

tappen

tarpon

tartan

taunting

tension

tendon

tendons

teston

traction

titan

thicken

token

torsion

thousand

toman

toughen

townsman

threaten

tighten

tillman

tungsten

triton

trillion

tubman

treason

trodden

turban

trojan

union

tuscan

summon

undone

undine

urson

urchin

urban

urine

vegan

version

villain

vintner

vintners

whiten

surgeon

wagon

waken

vulcan

wanting

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

zaman

vision

whitson

winding

woodman

wiccan

widen

worsen

workman

windmills

wizen

woman

women

yachtsman

yaupon

wooden

woolen

yeoman

woolman

woven

written

windmill

zion

zircon

rowan

3 syllable words

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

adhesion

addiction

addition

acumen

admission

adoption

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affection

aggression

affliction

african

albion

albumin

aleutian

alien

alderman

allusion

alaskan

ambrosian

anchorman

andante

andean

anglican

arian

antennas

antenna

anyone

appian

anything

apportion

artesian

ascension

arkansan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

asuncion

attention

attrition

assumption

attraction

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

campion

awaken

badminton

backgammon

bandana

backwoodsman

bandanas

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

benjamin

bentonite

beholden

biotin

bosnian

bitumen

bouillon

brazilian

cambrian

bulletin

artisan

aryan

cantonal

champion

cartesian

carrion

cardigan

catalan

cation

caucasian

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

chairwoman

charlatan

chilean

cistercian

cinnamon

civilian

citizen

clergyman

clarion

charwoman

clarendon

collection

cognition

coercion

cohesion

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

completion

commission

commotion

commitment

commitments

communion

complexion

companion

commuting

compression

compulsion

compunction

concession

concussion

concoction

conclusion

condensate

condensates

confession

confection

conflation

condition

conduction

condiment

condiments

condenser

connection

confucian

congestion

confusion

connexion

conjunction

congressman

conception

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

containment

convention

consumption

containers

contemplates

convection

contingent

contentions

contented

contention

contentment

continent

contender

contenders

contingents

continents

contortion

continue

continued

continues

contrition

contraction

contraption

contusion

container

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

councilman

contemplate

corsican

countenance

countryman

creation

abandon

incursion

croatian

cyprian

declension

deception

decision

deflation

deflection

defection

deduction

deletion

depression

delusion

dentition

denizen

depletion

depiction

derision

desertion

description

detection

detention

destruction

determine

digression

dictation

devotion

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

dimension

dilution

direction

discretion

dispersion

discussion

disruption

dissection

dissension

discipline

distinction

diversion

distraction

disunion

division

distortion

dominion

donations

dorian

downtrodden

duration

elation

edition

egyptian

ejection

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

emulsion

emission

emotions

embolden

emitting

emotion

encryption

endangered

endanger

endangers

endemic

enlighten

enliven

endowment

englishman

endowments

equation

entombment

entangled

erection

eruption

erosion

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

exertion

exception

excretion

excursion

excision

exemption

exaction

exclusion

exhaustion

expansion

expression

extinction

extension

expulsion

extraction

explosion

extortion

fabian

extrusion

fandango

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fixation

filtration

fijian

fisherman

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

freemason

franciscan

freudian

frustration

fruition

fustian

genuine

galleon

garrison

gentleman

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

harlequin

gravamen

gordian

grobian

guardian

hammerman

halogen

halcyon

handwoven

guncotton

jamaican

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

impassion

imagine

immersion

impression

in-person

inaction

imprison

implosion

inception

incision

inclusion

indenture

indentures

induction

indian

indians

infarction

indium

infection

indentured

inflation

ingestion

inflection

infusion

infliction

infraction

injection

inhuman

injunction

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intended

intensely

invasion

intention

intentioned

intentions

intently

regression

intestine

intimate

intimates

intrusion

entangle

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

jacobin

javelin

italian

janthina

jettison

magician

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

keratin

korean

lanolin

laotian

lanthanum

laurentian

landmasses

landowners

landowner

lesbian

lecithin

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

londoner

londoners

lutheran

magdalen

maintenance

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

menhaden

mexican

melanin

midshipman

mutation

minuteman

mistaken

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

monotone

munition

moroccan

mountaineer

mountaineers

munitions

musician

muskmelon

myosin

nebraskan

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

peterman

regimen

intensive

norwegian

notation

nonunion

nubian

nutrition

obsession

occasion

objection

occlusion

obstruction

octillion

odeon

omission

opinion

oppression

optician

ovation

origin

overdone

ottoman

outspoken

orion

overman

overrun

physician

partition

pandemic

pantheon

parthian

parisian

partisan

pantomime

permission

nevadan

persuasion

patrician

pavilion

perception

perfection

perfusion

percussion

penitent

pentathlon

permian

perversion

petition

oxygen

pelican

phrygian

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

possession

preclusion

precaution

precision

preemption

position

prediction

predestine

prescription

probation

procession

presumption

pretension

prevention

precession

production

profession

profusion

progression

prostration

projection

promotion

propulsion

quotation

proscription

proportion

protean

protection

provision

puritan

ramadan

nonhuman

reaction

randomly

recession

reception

rebellion

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

randomize

rejection

relation

rendition

remission

religion

remittance

reopen

rotation

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

restriction

retention

reunion

retraction

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

crestfallen

saleswoman

saccharin

samoan

scorpion

secession

scythian

seclusion

secretion

selection

sedition

seduction

sentiment

sentiments

sentinel

sentinels

sentences

simian

singleton

silicon

solution

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stygian

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

suggestion

suburban

subscription

sumatran

subtraction

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

tactician

syrian

tamarin

talisman

tantamount

technician

tendency

tendencies

timberman

transaction

thespian

toboggan

tradition

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transition

transmission

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

undoing

undying

undaunted

venison

unbroken

uneven

unwritten

uterine

unwitting

vatican

unison

vermilion

veteran

untangle

unthinking

untimely

zambian

vocation

volition

vomiting

wesleyan

wantonly

waterman

vitamin

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

accusation

accordion

acquisition

acclimation

activation

adaptation

admonition

adulation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

aldebaran

albanian

algonquian

algerian

alabaman

agrarian

alternation

alteration

altercation

adrenaline

ammunition

amputation

american

amphibian

annexation

anathema

anatomy

anatomist

andantino

appalachian

antinomy

application

approbation

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

antimatter

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

assemblyman

attribution

athenian

arizonan

assyrian

augmentation

backwardation

barbarian

bifurcation

bavarian

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

calibration

calculation

businesswoman

californian

canadian

canadians

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centenary

centennial

centurion

centimetres

centimetre

chameleon

comedian

circumcision

circumspection

circulation

circumvention

compensation

collocation

coalition

cogitation

coloration

collodion

coloradan

columbian

comedians

comedienne

compilation

committeeman

commutation

complication

comparison

competition

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condemnations

condensation

confirmation

condescension

conjugation

confiscation

congregation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

consternation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

correlation

conversation

containerized

contemplation

contingencies

contemplative

contemptuously

contemptible

continental

continentals

contingency

continuance

continual

contraception

contribution

contrarian

contradiction

contravention

convocation

convolution

contaminate

corp.

corporation

contaminates

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

cotyledon

countenances

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cyclopean

custodian

cultivation

decimation

declaration

dandelion

darwinian

decompression

deconstruction

definition

defamation

deformation

dedication

dehydration

delegation

degradation

demarcation

demonstration

deportation

demolition

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desperation

detonation

desecration

desiccation

desolation

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

derivation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disinflation

dislocation

disconnection

disinfection

disillusion

dispensation

disputation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

divination

distribution

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

elevation

electrician

elongation

elocution

embarkation

emigration

emulation

endangerment

emotional

fabrication

englishwoman

entanglement

entanglements

equitation

equestrian

estimation

estonian

eustachian

erudition

eritrean

european

evocation

evolution

exhortation

excitation

excavation

execution

exclamation

exhalation

exhumation

exhibition

expectation

expiration

exploration

explanation

exploitation

explication

exposition

expedition

extrication

fallopian

extradition

intuition

fibrillation

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

fluoridation

formulation

figuration

fumigation

fundamental

fundamentals

galilean

gastrulation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

hungarian

granulation

gorgonian

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

himalayan

historian

gondwanaland

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

hydrocarbon

ianthina

ibuprofen

immolation

imitation

immigration

illustration

incantation

implantation

imperfection

implication

incarnation

impregnation

importation

imputation

imposition

inattentive

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indemnify

indemnity

indemnities

indentation

inattention

indignation

indication

indexation

indigestion

indonesian

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

insulation

installation

instigation

institution

insurrection

intangible

integration

intemperate

intangibles

intensifies

intonation

intensified

intensify

isolation

intensities

intercession

intermission

interception

interdiction

interjection

interaction

intensity

intimation

intimations

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intimacy

intimately

intimidate

intimidates

intensively

intonations

introduction

introspection

inundation

irrigation

invitation

invocation

iranian

irritation

jubilation

iteration

jacobean

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

limitation

liberation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

litigation

liquidation

liquefaction

maccabean

locomotion

lubrication

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

mediation

medication

masturbation

meditation

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

mitigation

miseration

misperception

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

monatomic

mongolian

motivation

mortification

moravian

monotony

mountaineering

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

registration

intentional

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

observation

occupation

oblivion

obsidian

octahedron

obstetrician

ohioan

operation

opposition

ordination

orchestration

oxidation

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

olympian

ovulation

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

permutation

penetration

pedestrian

penicillin

pavlovian

perspiration

persecution

perturbation

pelagian

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

polynesian

politician

polyhedron

population

precondition

preservation

preconception

presentation

premonition

preignition

preelection

predilection

predetermine

praetorian

proclamation

procreation

propagation

prosecution

proposition

prohibition

prostitution

protestation

provocation

publication

punctuation

protozoan

readmission

realization

reassertion

recantation

reclamation

recitation

recognition

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recreation

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regulation

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satisfaction

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shakespearean

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tamoxifen

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tetrahedron

toleration

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ulceration

ventilation

usurpation

utopian

vanadium

valerian

vegetation

victorian

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

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amelioration

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approximation

argentinian

argumentation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

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association

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babylonian

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articulation

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degeneration

deification

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delineation

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denunciation

depopulation

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determination

desalination

desegregation

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domestication

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electrocution

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entomologists

entomology

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eradication

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evacuation

evaporation

ethiopian

evaluation

exacerbation

examination

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exoneration

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exaggeration

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extermination

exoskeleton

expropriation

falsification

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fortification

fundamentally

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fundamentalists

gasification

gametangia

ionization

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hallucination

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harmonization

humiliation

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hydrogenation

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illumination

imagination

immunization

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inauguration

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inadmissible

incarceration

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incrimination

indoctrination

indonesians

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inhabitation

initiation

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interpretation

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intimidating

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jeffersonian

justification

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lithuanian

localization

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metropolitan

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nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

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pomeranian

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presbyterian

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pythagorean

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recombination

recommendation

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reforestation

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remuneration

renunciation

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representation

repudiation

revaluation

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resuscitation

reverberation

stratification

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

scandinavians

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simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

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sterilization

rejuvenation

subordination

substantiation

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theologian

triangulation

undeniable

undeniably

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

unitarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word damnation

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  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
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Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

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  • Head and Mud
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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

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