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Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
1. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] something done (usually as opposed to something said).
Synonyms
- choice
- civility
- taking
- prohibition
- reference
- vampirism
- selection
- achievement
- transgression
- pickings
- thing
- carrying into action
- accenting
- application
- bruxism
- human action
- stupefaction
- accomplishment
- alienation
- engagement
- act
- destabilisation
- saving
- destabilization
- execution
- change
- course
- fetch
- consultation
- swordplay
- aggression
- option
- arrival
- play
- pick
- reverence
- jump-start
- hostility
- course of action
- economy
- transfusion
- forbiddance
- interaction
- benignity
- playing
- politeness
- inhibition
- human activity
- resistance
- opposition
- accentuation
- kindness
- jumpstart
- deed
- performance
- carrying out
- res gestae
- employment
- beatification
Antonyms
- stabilization
- disappearance
- activity
- active
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
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Rhymes with Legal Action
- dissatisfaction
- satisfaction
- liquefaction
- transaction
- subtraction
- extraction
- distraction
- contraction
- abstraction
- retraction
- infraction
- diffraction
- classaction
- telaction
- interaction
- exaction
- attraction
- traction
- reaction
- inaction
- fraction
- faction
Sentences with legal-action
1. Noun Phrase
Non-emergency violations will require the tenants to initiate legal action to obtain a court order for repairs.
2. Noun Phrase
The theory under which legal action could be brought is called negligence.
3. Noun Phrase
Emancipation for financial aid purposes may require legal action.
2. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] a military engagement.
Synonyms
- EW
- sortie
- police action
- battle
- encirclement
- engagement
- sally
- saber rattling
- defense
- defence
- warfare
- group action
- defensive measure
- conflict
- amphibious landing
- military action
- resistance
- blockade
- electronic warfare
- sabre rattling
- fight
Antonyms
- hold
- engage
- requisition
- confine
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] the state of being active.
Synonyms
- swing
- eruption
- state
- behaviour
- eructation
- behavior
- operation
- play
- activity
- agency
- overdrive
- extravasation
- hum
- active
- activeness
Antonyms
- inactivity
- inactiveness
- inaction
- disunion
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
Synonyms
- materialization
- sorption
- rigidifying
- pair creation
- natural action
- selection
- oxygenation
- extinction
- curing
- opacification
- dielectrolysis
- release
- softening
- magnetisation
- chemical change
- process
- pair production
- fossilization
- coagulation
- desorption
- distillation
- filtration
- materialisation
- magnetic induction
- natural selection
- stiffening
- chemical process
- stimulation
- antiredeposition
- concretion
- physical process
- diffusion
- set
- rigidification
- acidification
- geologic process
- inactivation
- chromatography
- drift
- demagnetization
- geological process
- curdling
- ion exchange
- synergy
- phase change
- leach
- phase transition
- natural process
- ecesis
- precession of the equinoxes
- decay
- centrifugation
- succession
- ionisation
- leaching
- transpiration
- state change
- survival of the fittest
- vitrification
- oscillation
- solidification
- soak
- soaking
- ionophoresis
- aeration
- effervescence
- condensation
- sericulture
- electrophoresis
- disintegration
- cataphoresis
- physical change
- scattering
- synergism
- nuclear reaction
- survival
- absorption
- soakage
- ecological succession
- fossilisation
- clotting
- source
- activity
- distillment
- magnetization
- hardening
- flocculation
- radiation
- formation
- chemical action
- temperature change
- establishment
- sink
- solidifying
- ionization
- transduction
- demagnetisation
- pair formation
- dissolution
- capture
- saltation
- flow
- feedback
- adiabatic process
- extraction
Antonyms
- sink
- source
- ride
- inactivation
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism.
Synonyms
- keyboard
- movement
- gunlock
- slide action
- key
- action mechanism
- piano action
- gun
- pump action
- firing mechanism
Antonyms
- evolution
- increment
- irreversible process
- reversible process
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
6. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong.
Synonyms
- counterclaim
- custody case
- lis pendens
- legal action
- criminal prosecution
- prosecution
- proceedings
- proceeding
- test case
- antitrust case
- test suit
- legal proceeding
- civil action
Antonyms
- spell
- birth
- block
- recall
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
7. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] the trait of being active and energetic and forceful.
Antonyms
- increase
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
8. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] the series of events that form a plot.
Antonyms
- devolution
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
9. legal
adjective. ['ˈliːgəl'] established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
Synonyms
- sub judice
- sanctioned
- legitimate
- judicial
- court-ordered
- ratified
- statutory
- legality
- juristic
- lawful
- licit
Antonyms
- illegality
- illegitimate
- illegal
- unorthodox
Etymology
- legalis (Latin)
- lex (Latin)
10. legal
adjective. ['ˈliːgəl'] having legal efficacy or force.
Synonyms
- effectual
- valid
Antonyms
- forbid
- criminalize
- outlaw
Etymology
- legalis (Latin)
- lex (Latin)