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an action - kindness, benignity
a kind act - abdominoplasty, tummy tuck
cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach - abort
the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed - accomplishment, achievement
the action of accomplishing something - agon
a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes - alienation
the action of alienating - application
the action of putting something into operation - beachhead, foothold
an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments - cakewalk
an easy accomplishment - feat, effort, exploit
a notable achievement - masterpiece
an outstanding achievement - masterstroke
an achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery - credit
used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise - action
something done (usually as opposed to something said) - res gestae
things done - course, course of action
a mode of action - blind alley
(figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement - collision course
a course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated - interaction
a mutual or reciprocal action - interplay
reciprocal action and reaction - contact
close interaction - brush
contact with something dangerous or undesirable - eye contact
contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other - fetch
the action of fetching - placement
contact established between applicants and prospective employees - interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take
mutual interaction - reciprocity
mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges - cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation
interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial - dealings, traffic
social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') - relation
(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups - playing
the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation - play, swordplay
the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully - boondoggle
work of little or no value done merely to look busy - bowling
the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc - acquiring, getting
the act of acquiring something - causing, causation
the act of causing something to happen - delivery, obstetrical delivery
the act of delivering a child - departure, going, going away, leaving
the act of departing - derring-do
brave and heroic feats - discovery, find, uncovering
the act of discovering something - disposal, disposition
the act or means of getting rid of something - hit
(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) - implementation, effectuation
the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something) - egress, egression, emergence
the act of coming (or going) out - equalization, equalisation, leveling
the act of making equal or uniform - exhumation, disinterment, digging up
the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried - mitzvah, mitsvah
(Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty - propulsion, actuation
the act of propelling - rally, rallying
the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort - recovery, retrieval
the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) - running away
the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be - stunt
a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat - touch, touching
the act of putting two things together with no space between them - tour de force
a masterly or brilliant feat - performance
any recognized accomplishment - overachievement
better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) - underachievement
poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) - record, track record
the sum of recognized accomplishments - fait accompli, accomplished fact
an irreversible accomplishment - going, sledding
advancing toward a goal - arrival, reaching
accomplishment of an objective - arrival
the act of arriving at a certain place - attainment
arrival at a new stage - advent, coming
arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) - entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming
the act of entering - incursion
the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers) - intrusion
entrance by force or without permission or welcome - irruption
a sudden violent entrance - entree
the act of entering - entail
the act of entailing property - registration, enrollment, enrolment
the act of enrolling - appearance
the act of appearing in public view - apparition
an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly - emergence, emersion
the act of emerging - reappearance, return
the act of someone appearing again - comeback
return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity - return, homecoming
a coming to or returning home - repatriation
the act of returning to the country of origin - penetration
the act of entering into or through something - interpenetration, permeation
mutual penetration - market penetration
the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market - anchorage
the act of anchoring - docking, moorage, dockage, tying up
the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes - landing
the act of coming to land after a voyage - landing
the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface) - forced landing, emergency landing
an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control - breaking away
departing hastily - farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting
the act of departing politely - French leave
an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell) - valediction
the act of saying farewell - disappearance, disappearing
the act of leaving secretly or without explanation - vanishing
a sudden disappearance from sight - withdrawal
the act of withdrawing - effacement, self-effacement
withdrawing into the background - retreat
the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) - retreat, retirement
withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation - evacuation
the act of evacuating - medical evacuation, medevac, medivac
the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care - decampment
breaking camp - desertion, abandonment, defection
withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility - decampment, abscondment
the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) - absence without leave, unauthorized absence
unauthorized military absence - deviationism
ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) - emigration, out-migration, expatriation
migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) - immigration, in-migration
migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) - aliyah
(Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel - pullback
(military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) - retreat
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat - standdown, stand-down
(military) a temporary stop of offensive military action - disengagement, fallback, pullout
to break off a military action with an enemy - receding, recession
the act of becoming more distant - sailing
the departure of a vessel from a port - amphibious landing
a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion - debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment
the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft - going ashore
debarkation from a boat or ship - boarding, embarkation, embarkment
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft - exit
the act of going out - elopement
the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married) - escape, flight
the act of escaping physically - evasion
the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver - slip, elusion, eluding
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) - maneuver, manoeuvre, evasive action
an action aimed at evading an opponent - clinch
(boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily - dodge
a quick evasive movement - break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
an escape from jail - getaway, lam
a rapid escape (as by criminals) - exodus, hegira, hejira
a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment - skedaddle
a hasty flight - close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, narrow escape
something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin - surfacing
emerging to the surface and becoming apparent - dispatch, despatch, shipment
the act of sending off something - reshipment
the act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship) - consummation
the act of bringing to completion or fruition - consummation
the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse - realization, realisation, fruition
something that is made real or concrete - coming, orgasm, climax, sexual climax
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse - male orgasm
an orgasm accompanied by the sensation of ejaculation of semen - fulfillment, fulfilment
the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) - self-fulfillment, self-realization, self-realisation
the fulfillment of your capacities - attainment
the act of achieving an aim - record
an extreme attainment - track record
the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack - world record
the best record in the whole world - success
an attainment that is successful - winning
succeeding with great difficulty - blockbuster, megahit, smash hit
an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) - sleeper
an unexpected hit - hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang
a conspicuous success - bell ringer, bull's eye, mark, home run
something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal - ennoblement
the act of raising someone to the nobility - conquest
success in mastering something difficult - coup
a brilliant and notable success - flying colors, flying colours
complete success - passing, pass, qualifying
success in satisfying a test or requirement - credit, course credit
recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed - semester hour, credit hour
a unit of academic credit - nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
an act that does not achieve its intended goal - failure
an unexpected omission - failure
an act that fails - failing, flunk
failure to reach a minimum required performance - naught
complete failure - cut
an unexcused absence from class - default
loss due to not showing up - loss
the act of losing someone or something - capitulation, fall, surrender
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) - frustration, thwarting, foiling
an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts - overturn, upset
an improbable and unexpected victory - backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
a failure to maintain a higher state - recidivism
habitual relapse into crime - disappointment, dashing hopes
an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone - breach
a failure to perform some promised act or obligation - copout
a failure to face some difficulty squarely - breach of contract
a breach of a legal duty - anticipatory breach, constructive breach
a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance - breach of duty
a breach of due care - breach of the covenant of warranty
a failure of the seller's guarantee of good title - breach of promise
failure to keep a promise (of marriage) - breach of trust
violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him - breach of trust with fraudulent intent
larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking - breach of warranty
a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty - leaning
the act of deviating from a vertical position - material breach
a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract - motivation, motivating
the act of motivating - partial breach
a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages - mistake, error, fault
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention - double fault
(tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point - footfault
a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline - bobble
the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball - error, misplay
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed - blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it - confusion, mix-up
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another - incursion
the mistake of incurring liability or blame - miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation
a mistake in calculating - backfire, boomerang
a miscalculation that recoils on its maker - rounding, rounding error
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals - truncation error
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished - distortion
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts - slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. - Freudian slip
a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals