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Probation
- noun - (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court; "probation is part of the sentencing process"
- a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself
- a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership
Prodition
- - Disclosure; treachery; treason.
Promotion
- noun - a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas"
- act of raising in rank or position
- encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
- the advancement of some enterprise; "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"
Pronation
- noun - rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward
Proration
- noun - the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer
Pulsation
- noun - (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
- a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
Purgation
- noun - a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
Quotation
- noun - a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
- a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
- the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
Radiation
- noun - (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
- a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain
- energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
- syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours; "he was suffering from radiation"
- the act of spreading outward from a central source
- the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
- the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats
Reboation
- - Repetition of a bellow.