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

accents

accent

account

accounts

acquaint

action

acton

agents

agent

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ascends

ascend

ascent

ashen

asian

ashamed

aspen

assent

atman

assumed

auction

auden

austin

baron

barren

belgian

bacon

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baldwin

basin

bason

bastion

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

bellon

bellman

baston

besant

billion

billman

billon

bludgeon

blacken

bisson

bookends

bismuth

bitten

bison

blowgun

bracken

bookend

boatman

bollen

bolden

bookman

brakeman

bobbin

boughten

bourbon

brazen

bowman

boston

bordman

brethren

breton

brighten

broken

bullion

brogan

burden

burgeon

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

bushman

cajun

caisson

broaden

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

caption

canton

canyon

captain

capstan

carbon

carmine

caution

cauldron

cayman

carman

carton

certain

chairman

chevron

caxton

chasten

checkmates

checkmate

chicken

chessman

charon

chaplain

chapman

children

citron

cheapen

christian

churchman

christen

chosen

chieftain

claxon

clinton

cogent

classman

coachman

colon

backhand

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

craven

cotton

craftsman

cowan

curtain

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

cushion

cushioned

dagan

crimson

dagon

deafen

decant

decent

deaden

daman

deacon

dampen

damson

deepen

dalton

demon

delphian

descends

descent

descents

devon

dian

desman

diction

discount

discounts

disjoint

disowned

dissent

dissents

docent

dobson

docents

doctrine

doughnuts

doughnut

dozen

draftsman

dragon

dolman

dudgeon

dungeon

drunken

driven

dromon

dustman

dolphin

dutchman

eaten

eden

emption

engine

elan

ensign

earthen

ermine

descend

briton

darken

faction

falcon

fashion

fashioned

fasten

fatten

faustian

felon

faulcon

fiction

fission

firman

flatten

flexion

fallen

freeman

fibrin

fielden

fireman

floren

footman

foreign

foreman

fraction

fortune

fountain

foxhound

freedman

freshen

flashgun

freshman

friction

famine

function

fusion

gallon

gammon

garden

gascon

garron

gentian

georgian

german

gibbon

given

gladden

gilden

glidden

glisten

goodman

gotten

golden

gorgon

gowan

grandson

gluten

graven

frighten

grecian

frozen

houseman

hoven

griffon

gumption

haitian

gudgeon

hackman

headman

heathen

happen

hasten

haven

headsman

harken

hausen

harden

harten

hearten

heaven

hessian

heron

hempen

hetman

henchman

heighten

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

hoten

guardsman

human

ignites

hangman

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

ignite

hyphen

hyson

melon

jacinth

jackman

jason

jasmine

jargon

jetton

junction

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kismets

kansan

kismet

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

laden

lagan

lampron

landman

landsman

latin

klansman

layman

leaden

leaven

kalan

ledden

ion

legend

legends

lengthen

lemon

lessen

lesson

lesion

leman

leven

lichen

liken

lignite

lighten

lightman

liman

linen

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

listen

locken

liven

locksmith

logan

lockman

london

longan

loosen

loosened

luncheon

lotion

m1

lucent

lynden

loren

lumen

lyden

lopeman

magnates

madden

magnate

magnet

magnets

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

legion

margin

marchman

marron

martian

matron

markman

marksman

marlin

marten

mason

martin

mayan

mention

melton

milken

mignon

minion

million

mismatched

mismatch

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

motion

muffin

mullen

morgan

mormon

mountain

nation

mutton

muslin

nascent

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

open

othman

miscount

option

minden

orphan

pageants

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

packman

owen

pagan

pageant

paean

panton

pardon

parson

peasants

passion

passman

pathan

onion

peasant

pavon

pectin

patron

patten

penguin

pension

penman

peon

perron

pheasants

pheasant

persian

person

pigeon

piquant

pillion

pinion

plankton

piston

pitman

plantain

platten

pollan

organ

platen

poison

pollen

ponton

portion

sequent

postman

potion

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

question

quicken

quicksands

pullen

quicksand

ration

raven

rayon

reason

recant

recent

recounts

recount

redden

regents

region

regent

reckon

rescinds

rescind

rerun

resents

resin

resent

resend

resound

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

risen

ripen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

russian

runnion

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

salmon

saffron

sanction

samson

salesman

santon

satan

satin

second

saxon

scallion

scullion

seaman

season

scion

scotsman

section

seconds

seedsman

selden

semen

sexton

session

seven

shaken

sicken

sermon

shaman

sequin

seton

shrunken

sharpen

shearman

showman

shorten

shotgun

silken

shipman

signet

shogun

slacken

siren

slogan

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

solon

spoken

stallion

spokesman

squadron

station

stallman

siphon

stepson

sportsman

statesman

stillion

stockman

steven

stiffen

strengthen

suasion

stricken

striven

sturgeon

stolen

straighten

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

sunken

surgeon

summon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tension

thousandth

teston

thousands

thousand

thousandths

thicken

threaten

tillman

tighten

titan

traction

torsion

token

toughen

toman

townsman

trillion

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

tuscan

turban

undone

tungsten

urban

union

urchin

urson

vacant

version

vegan

waken

weapon

viscounts

viscount

vision

vignette

villain

urine

vignettes

wiccan

vulcan

workman

wagon

whitson

woman

watchman

wanton

warden

warren

weaken

women

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

wizened

wooden

woodman

woolen

worsen

woolman

woven

written

yaupon

yachtsman

zaman

yeoman

zion

zircon

portman

3 syllable words

ablation

abrasion

abduction

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abstraction

accenting

absorption

abstention

accented

acantha

accession

accountant

accountants

accretion

acquaintance

acquainted

adoption

addition

addiction

adhesion

admission

agenda

acumen

affection

adsorption

affliction

aegean

adrian

african

aggression

alaskan

aleutian

albion

alderman

albumin

alien

agendas

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

anglican

andean

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

assertion

artesian

ascending

ascendance

ascendant

artisan

aryan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assumption

asuncion

asunder

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

bedouin

bedridden

bedizen

battalion

beethoven

beholden

biotin

bitumen

benjamin

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

byzantine

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

carnation

castration

cardigan

catalan

caucasian

causation

cartesian

carrion

cation

cetacean

cessation

clarendon

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

citation

cistercian

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

coercion

cognition

clarion

cocoanuts

clergyman

cognitive

collection

cohesion

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

backgammon

combustion

backhanded

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

completion

compression

complexion

conflation

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

concoction

conclusion

condition

confession

confection

conduction

confucian

congestion

confusion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

contraction

contention

constriction

construction

consumption

contortion

conviction

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

convulsion

correction

corruption

countryman

corsican

councilman

cosmetic

cosmetics

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

declension

decimate

decision

corrosion

deduction

defection

deception

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

depletion

depiction

denizen

commission

descendents

descending

description

descendant

desertion

digression

detention

destruction

detection

determine

devotion

discipline

dilation

diffraction

diffusion

dilution

digestion

dignity

dimension

direction

discontent

discontents

discounter

discussion

discretion

dissension

discounters

dissenter

disruption

essentials

dispersion

disjointed

dissection

essential

dissenters

dissenting

distinction

distortion

distraction

diversion

disunion

division

donation

dorian

depression

dogmatic

dominion

downtrodden

duration

eccentrics

eccentric

egyptian

edition

election

ejection

elation

eleven

elison

emulsion

emission

emotion

emblazon

embolden

encryption

equation

enlighten

enliven

englishman

erection

erosion

eruption

derision

descendants

etruscan

evasion

descendent

everyone

eviction

exception

exaction

excision

excretion

exclusion

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

exemption

expansion

extraction

expression

extension

extortion

expulsion

extinction

explosion

extrusion

inception

fabian

fixation

fascinates

feminine

fenian

ferryman

flirtation

fascinate

filtration

fijian

fisherman

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

flotation

forgotten

foundation

formation

franciscan

freemason

frustration

galleon

fustian

garrison

freudian

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gigantic

ghanaian

gillian

fruition

gradation

gordian

gravamen

gyration

halogen

hackmatack

guncotton

halcyon

hammerman

huguenot

grobian

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

guardian

hyacinth

housebroken

huguenots

handwoven

illusion

hydration

hydrogen

hyacinths

ignition

ignited

impassion

imagine

immersion

implosion

inaction

impression

in-person

imprison

incursion

incision

inclusion

indian

abandon

induction

infarction

infection

inflation

inflection

infraction

infliction

inhuman

injection

injunction

infusion

insertion

ingestion

inscription

inspection

intention

intestine

intrusion

instruction

invasion

invention

inversion

irian

irishman

jacobin

italian

jamaican

lecithin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

laotian

laurentian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

lanolin

korean

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lutheran

lumberman

macintosh

mackintosh

magician

magdalen

magnetite

magnetic

magnetron

magnetics

magnitudes

magnitude

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

marian

masonite

medicine

masculine

medallion

median

melanin

margarine

menhaden

possession

mexican

midshipman

migration

misanthrope

misfortune

misprision

mismatches

misshapen

mistaken

narration

moroccan

mutation

musician

myosin

muskmelon

munition

nebraskan

negation

niacin

nevadan

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

objection

nutrition

nubian

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

optation

oration

optician

mishandles

origin

opinion

orion

osmotic

pageantry

ottoman

ovation

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

parthian

parisian

partition

passionate

partisan

patrician

peasantry

pavilion

pegmatite

pelican

physician

percussion

phoenician

pentathlon

perfection

perception

permission

permian

perfusion

petition

persuasion

perversion

peterman

phrygian

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

misconduct

mishandle

position

precession

predation

precision

preclusion

prescription

preemption

prediction

presumption

production

procession

progression

privation

pretension

prevention

profession

probation

profusion

projection

predestine

propulsion

prostration

proportion

promotion

protection

proscription

protean

provision

quotation

quiescent

raconteur

puritan

ramadan

reaction

reagents

reagent

reception

recently

recision

rebellion

recession

recommits

recommit

recondite

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

relation

rejection

religion

rejoinder

reignite

rekindle

remission

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resentful

resentments

resentment

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

salvation

samoan

saleswoman

seclusion

secondhand

secession

scythian

scorpion

sedation

secretion

seduction

sedition

secondly

selection

sequential

precaution

signatures

sigmoidal

silicon

signature

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

stagnation

specimen

starvation

singleton

syrian

succession

submersion

subtraction

submission

subscription

stygian

suggestion

sumatran

summation

subversion

suppression

suspicion

suspension

suburban

superman

taxation

tactician

talisman

tamarin

technician

thespian

timberman

transaction

tradition

toboggan

transcription

transfusion

translation

transition

transgression

transmission

tuition

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unison

unwritten

vacation

vaccinate

uterine

venetian

venison

vibration

vermilion

vatican

veteran

vocation

vitamin

volition

wesleyan

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

accentuates

accentuate

abyssinian

accountable

accordion

accountancy

accommodates

acquaintances

acquisition

acquaintanceship

accommodate

admonition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

albanian

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

amputation

ammunition

american

amphibian

appalachian

annexation

apparition

application

approbation

arbitration

apprehension

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

ascendency

aspiration

assemblyman

arthurian

augmentation

asymmetries

assyrian

asymmetry

athenian

attribution

armenian

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

byzantium

businesswoman

cancellation

canadian

combination

carcinogen

centurion

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

chameleon

cogitation

collocation

coalition

californian

coloration

collodion

coloradan

columbian

comedian

commutation

committeeman

comparison

compensation

compilation

complication

composition

comprehension

concentration

competition

computation

condensation

condemnation

confiscation

confrontation

condescension

confirmation

conflagration

congregation

conjugation

consolation

constellation

conservation

consecration

consternation

constipation

consultation

consummation

contemplation

constitution

contraception

contradiction

conversation

contribution

convocation

copenhagen

copernican

contravention

corinthian

contrarian

corp.

corporation

convolution

correlation

cotyledon

crocodilian

cultivation

crucifixion

criterion

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

decentralize

deconstruction

decompression

deformation

dehydration

demolition

demarcation

deportation

deposition

incarnation

dereliction

desecration

destitution

devolution

desperation

deviation

diaconate

devonian

dietitian

diminution

dignitary

dignitaries

disconnection

disinflation

disaffection

diocesan

discontented

discontinue

discountable

disentangle

disillusion

disinfection

erudition

disputation

disposition

disintegrate

disinterest

dislocation

disintegrates

disinterested

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

dissymmetry

distillation

distribution

disunity

dogmatism

dosimeters

dogmatically

dominican

draconian

duplication

dysentery

elongation

electrician

elocution

embarkation

equestrian

englishwoman

eritrean

evolution

essentially

eustachian

estonian

european

evocation

exclamation

exhibition

execution

exhumation

explication

expedition

exploitation

extrication

exploration

exposition

extradition

fascinated

fascinating

federation

fecundity

fabrication

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

floridian

greco-roman

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

gentlewoman

gargantuan

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gravitation

fallopian

gregorian

hacienda

hibernation

herculean

hegelian

himalayan

historian

guatemalan

hemoglobin

hydrocarbon

ideation

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

implantation

imperfection

implication

importation

imputation

inattention

imposition

impregnation

hungarian

ibuprofen

indication

indexation

indecision

incubation

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

indonesian

inflammation

information

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

interdiction

insulation

integration

interaction

intercession

interception

insurrection

intermission

intimation

interjection

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intuition

invocation

introduction

introspection

invitation

isolation

iteration

isentropic

iranian

jacobean

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legendary

leviathan

lilliputian

liquidation

liberation

liberian

librarian

liquefaction

locomotion

locomotive

locomotor

maccabean

lubrication

macedonian

macintoshes

magnetism

darwinian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

manumission

maturation

mediation

mesenteric

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

opposition

miseration

ordination

mitigation

misinterpret

misinterprets

misperception

modulation

moderation

misunderstand

misunderstands

missourian

molestation

motivation

mortification

moravian

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

occupation

obstetrician

obsidian

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

overburden

pagurian

paraguayan

passionately

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

permutation

perforation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

penicillin

planarian

population

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

plutonian

separation

reinspection

preconception

precondition

preparation

preignition

preservation

preelection

predilection

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

protestation

provocation

prostitution

proposition

prosecution

protozoan

punctuation

publication

radiation

realization

quasimodo

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

reconstruction

reconnoitre

reelection

reexamine

reformation

registration

relaxation

predetermine

relocation

reparation

repercussion

reposition

repossession

requisition

respiration

reproduction

republican

restoration

reservation

resolution

restitution

retribution

retardation

retrocession

resurrection

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

secondary

saturation

secondaries

sectarian

self-deception

shakespearean

signatories

signatory

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

statistician

tabulation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

titillation

transformation

toleration

tribulation

transplantation

transportation

ulceration

usurpation

valerian

valuation

ventilation

variation

vicinity

vindication

violation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

utopian

praetorian

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accommodations

accommodating

accumulation

accreditation

administration

adjudication

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

amplification

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

anticipation

annihilation

alleviation

argumentation

approximation

appreciation

appropriation

argentinian

authentication

authorization

assassination

assimilation

articulation

association

asymmetrical

attenuation

assemblywoman

augustinian

babylonian

caledonian

beethovenian

bicentennial

bicentenary

brutalization

brobdingnagian

centralization

centenarian

christianization

capitulation

certification

cauterization

carolinian

carthaginian

civilization

classification

cohabitation

coagulation

codification

collaboration

colonization

incarceration

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

degeneration

corroboration

deceleration

decontaminate

decomposition

decentralizing

defenestration

deification

delicatessen

deliberation

denomination

depopulation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

dionysian

discrimination

disinclination

discontinuance

disembarkation

disintegration

dissatisfaction

evaporation

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

equivocation

eccentricity

eccentricities

elimination

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

eradication

evacuation

ethiopian

evaluation

exaggeration

exasperation

excoriation

examination

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

extermination

expropriation

exacerbation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

hybridization

hydrogenation

humiliation

illumination

hyperinflation

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

hyperborean

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

initiation

insinuation

instrumentation

interpolation

interconnection

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

indoctrination

legalization

investigation

ionization

irradiation

justification

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

magnetically

manifestation

magnetometer

magnetometers

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

mobilization

misunderstanding

misunderstandings

modernization

modification

mississippian

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

obliteration

organization

ornamentation

orientation

ossification

pacification

overproduction

participation

patagonian

pasteurization

panamanian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

pennsylvanian

philadelphian

oregonian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

reiteration

preoccupation

predisposition

prevarication

procrastination

presupposition

prognostication

rejuvenation

pronunciation

ratification

purification

ramification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

recombination

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

regeneration

presbyterian

reintegration

remuneration

refrigeration

repatriation

repudiation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

proliferation

secondarily

scandinavian

proletarian

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

specification

specialization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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