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Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.]

The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.

The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed. He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts of selection and condensation. Macaulay.

The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use. The confiscations following a subdued rebellion. Hallam.

The act or process of confuting; refutation. "For the edification of some and the confutation of others." Bp. Horne.

The act or the process of congealing; congeliation.

The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.

The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost. Bacon.

The act or process of forming into a ball. Sir T. Browne.

The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass. Bacon.

The act or process of invoking supernatural aid by the use of a magical form of words; the practice of magic arts; incantation; enchantment. Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event. Hallam.

The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory. In joys of conquest he resigns his breath. Addison. Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country. Prescott.

The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention. Let us think with consideration. Sir P. Sidney. Consideration, like an angel, came. Shak.

The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination. The consolidation of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random. Woodward. The consolidation of the great European monarchies. Hallam.

The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. Burke.

The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.

The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.