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Definition lenition

Etymology

Analyzable as lenis +‎ -ition, or as if from Latin l?n?t(us) + -ion, or Latin l?n?ti? (�softening�) from l?ni? (�soften�) +‎ -ti? (action noun suffix) (attested since at least the 1500s, the same timeframe lenition is first attested in English with the sense "assuaging"). Modelled on German Lenierung.

Noun

lenition (countable and uncountable, plural lenitions)

(phonetics, phonology) A weakening of articulation causing a consonant to become lenis (soft).

Results 430 Words with the letters LENITION

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15 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

ANTICHOLINERGIC 28

ANTICONVULSIVES 30

ANTIEDUCATIONAL 23

ANTIFASHIONABLE 26

ANTISPECULATION 25

CENTRALIZATIONS 30

CHANNELIZATIONS 33

CHOLECYSTOKININ 32

CONCEPTUALISING 30

CONCEPTUALIZING 39

CONFESSIONALIST 24

CONFIDENTIALITY 27

CONNATURALITIES 22

CONSCIENTIOUSLY 27

CONTEXTUALIZING 40

CONVENTIONALISM 29

CONVENTIONALIST 26

CONVENTIONALITY 28

CONVENTIONALIZE 35

COUNTERCLAIMING 30

DECHLORINATIONS 24

DECOLONIZATIONS 31

DENATIONALIZING 31

DESALINIZATIONS 28

DISCONCERTINGLY 29

DISILLUSIONMENT 24

ELECTROWINNINGS 27

ENDOCRINOLOGIST 24

EVANGELIZATIONS 33

EXTERNALISATION 25

EXTERNALIZATION 34

FUNCTIONALITIES 25

GELATINIZATIONS 29

GENERALISATIONS 20

GENERALIZATIONS 29

HYPERINFLATIONS 28

HYPERINVOLUTION 30

IMPLEMENTATIONS 27

INCONSEQUENTIAL 32

INCONSIDERATELY 24

INDOMITABLENESS 25

INSUBORDINATELY 25

INTERDIVISIONAL 23

INTERELECTRONIC 24

INTERLINEATIONS 19

INTERMODULATION 23

INTERNALIZATION 28

INTERNATIONALLY 22

INTERNUCLEOTIDE 23

INTERPELLATIONS 22

INTERPOPULATION 25

INTERPROVINCIAL 28

INTERROGATIONAL 20

INTRAPERITONEAL 21

INTROSPECTIONAL 24

INVESTIGATIONAL 24

INVIOLATENESSES 22

INVOLUNTARINESS 24

LATENSIFICATION 24

LYSOGENIZATIONS 31

MINERALIZATIONS 30

MISCEGENATIONAL 26

MONGRELIZATIONS 32

MONTMORILLONITE 25

MONUMENTALITIES 25

MONUMENTALIZING 37

NEOCOLONIALISTS 22

NEUTRALIZATIONS 28

NITROGLYCERINES 25

NONCONFIDENTIAL 27

NONEXPLOITATION 29

NONEXPLOITATIVE 32

NONHOSPITALIZED 33

NONINFLECTIONAL 27

NONINSECTICIDAL 26

NONQUANTIFIABLE 35

NONRELATIVISTIC 25

OCCIDENTALIZING 36

OMNIDIRECTIONAL 25

ORIENTATIONALLY 21

PERSONALIZATION 30

PHENOMENALISTIC 29

PLATINOCYANIDES 27

PLENIPOTENTIARY 26

POSTMILLENARIAN 25

PREIMPLANTATION 27

PUNCTILIOUSNESS 26

RECANALIZATIONS 30

RECOLONIZATIONS 30

RECOMBINATIONAL 27

RECONCILIATIONS 24

RECONSOLIDATING 24

REGIONALIZATION 29

REIMPLANTATIONS 24

REINSTALLATIONS 19

RENATIONALIZING 30

RENORMALIZATION 30

REVOLUTIONISING 25

REVOLUTIONIZING 34

SENSATIONALISED 19

SENSATIONALISES 18

SENSATIONALISMS 21

SENSATIONALISTS 18

SENSATIONALIZED 28

SENSATIONALIZES 27

SENSUALIZATIONS 28

SEPTENDECILLION 26

SPLENECTOMIZING 38

TRANSLITERATION 18

TRINITROTOLUENE 19

UNDERINFLATIONS 24

UNINFORMATIVELY 31

UNINTENTIONALLY 24

UNKNOWABILITIES 29

UNQUESTIONINGLY 34

VENTRILOQUIZING 43

14 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

AGGLUTINOGENIC 27

ANTICONVULSIVE 29

ANTINEOPLASTIC 23

ANTIREFLECTION 23

BIOLUMINESCENT 27

CENTRALIZATION 29

CHANNELIZATION 32

COINCIDENTALLY 27

CONFIDENTIALLY 27

CONGENIALITIES 22

CONNUBIALITIES 24

COUNTERVAILING 27

DECHLORINATING 25

DECHLORINATION 23

DECOLONIZATION 30

DEMYELINATIONS 23

DENATIONALIZED 28

DENATIONALIZES 27

DENOMINATIONAL 22

DENTICULATIONS 22

DESALINIZATION 27

DIMENSIONALITY 23

DINITROPHENOLS 23

DISPENSATIONAL 21

ELECTIONEERING 22

ELECTROWINNING 26

EMOTIONALIZING 31

EPICONTINENTAL 24

EVANGELIZATION 32

EXTENSIONALITY 26

GELATINIZATION 28

GENERALISATION 19

GENERALIZATION 28

HELLENIZATIONS 29

HYPERINFLATION 27

IMPLEMENTATION 26

INCONSISTENTLY 23

INCONVENIENTLY 28

INFLECTIONALLY 27

INSURRECTIONAL 21

INTENSIONALITY 20

INTENTIONALITY 20

INTERCALATIONS 20

INTERCESSIONAL 20

INTERINVOLVING 28

INTERJECTIONAL 29

INTERLINEATION 18

INTERNATIONALS 18

INTERNUCLEONIC 25

INTERPELLATION 21

INTERPOLATIONS 20

INTERRELATIONS 17

INTERSECTIONAL 20

LICENTIOUSNESS 21

LINEARIZATIONS 26

LUTEINIZATIONS 27

LYSOGENIZATION 30

MILLIROENTGENS 23

MINERALIZATION 29

MONGRELIZATION 31

NEOCOLONIALIST 21

NEUTRALIZATION 27

NITROGLYCERINE 24

NITROGLYCERINS 24

NONCELEBRITIES 23

NONDIRECTIONAL 22

NONEXISTENTIAL 25

NONJUSTICIABLE 33

NONLINEARITIES 18

NONRESIDENTIAL 19

NONSPECIALISTS 23

NORTRIPTYLINES 22

OPINIONATIVELY 26

OVERINFLATIONS 24

PLATINOCYANIDE 26

POSTMILLENNIAL 25

RECANALIZATION 29

RECOLONIZATION 29

RECONCILIATION 23

REIMPLANTATION 23

REINOCULATIONS 21

REINSTALLATION 18

RENATIONALIZED 27

RENATIONALIZES 26

SENSATIONALISE 17

SENSATIONALISM 20

SENSATIONALIST 17

SENSATIONALIZE 26

SENSUALIZATION 27

SOLEMNIZATIONS 29

TECHNOLOGIZING 35

TRIAMCINOLONES 23

TRIDIMENSIONAL 21

UNCONGENIALITY 26

UNDERINFLATION 23

UNIDIRECTIONAL 22

VERNALIZATIONS 30

13 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

ALIMENTATIONS 19

ANTIEVOLUTION 21

ANTINOVELISTS 20

CLOTHESLINING 24

COMPLIMENTING 30

CONDITIONABLE 23

DECLINATIONAL 21

DELAMINATIONS 20

DEMYELINATION 22

DENATIONALIZE 26

DENTICULATION 21

DESALINATIONS 17

DINITROPHENOL 22

EXAMINATIONAL 26

HELLENIZATION 28

INCLINOMETERS 22

INCONTINENTLY 23

INCONVERTIBLE 26

INCONVERTIBLY 28

INTELLECTIONS 20

INTENSIONALLY 20

INTENTIONALLY 20

INTERACTIONAL 19

INTERCALATION 19

INTERCOLONIAL 20

INTERINVOLVED 25

INTERINVOLVES 24

INTERNATIONAL 17

INTERPOLATING 21

INTERPOLATION 19

INTERREGIONAL 18

INTERRELATION 16

INVENTORIALLY 23

INVIOLATENESS 20

LINEARIZATION 25

LONGANIMITIES 21

LUTEINIZATION 26

MELANIZATIONS 28

MILLIROENTGEN 22

NATIONALITIES 16

NATIONALIZERS 25

NEBULIZATIONS 29

NITROGLYCERIN 23

NONAFFILIATED 23

NONEXPLOITIVE 30

NONMOTILITIES 19

NONSPECIALIST 22

NONVALIDITIES 21

NORTRIPTYLINE 21

NOTIONALITIES 16

NOVELIZATIONS 29

OPINIONATEDLY 22

ORIENTALIZING 27

ORIENTATIONAL 16

OVERINFLATING 25

OVERINFLATION 23

PENALIZATIONS 28

PLENITUDINOUS 22

REINOCULATING 22

REINOCULATION 20

RENATIONALIZE 25

SKELETONISING 22

SKELETONIZING 31

SOLEMNIZATION 28

TERMINATIONAL 19

TRIAMCINOLONE 22

UNINTENTIONAL 19

VERNALIZATION 29

12 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

ALIMENTATION 18

ANTINOVELIST 19

ANTIRELIGION 17

ANTIVIOLENCE 22

COINCIDENTAL 22

COINCIDENTLY 24

CONFIDENTIAL 22

CONGENIALITY 22

DECLINATIONS 19

DEFINITIONAL 19

DELAMINATION 19

DELINEATIONS 16

DESALINATION 16

ELIMINATIONS 18

INCLINOMETER 21

INFLECTIONAL 22

INNOVATIVELY 25

INORDINATELY 18

INTELLECTION 19

INTERFOLDING 21

INTERINVOLVE 23

INTERLOCKING 24

MELANIZATION 27

NATIONALISED 16

NATIONALISES 15

NATIONALIZED 25

NATIONALIZER 24

NATIONALIZES 24

NEBULIZATION 28

NONEDITORIAL 16

NONIDENTICAL 20

NONLINEARITY 18

NONREALISTIC 18

NONUTILITIES 16

NOVELIZATION 28

OMNISCIENTLY 23

PENALIZATION 27

REINFLATIONS 18

URINOGENITAL 18

VENTILATIONS 19

11 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

ALIENATIONS 14

CENTILLIONS 18

DECLINATION 18

DELINEATION 15

ELIMINATION 17

INFLECTIONS 20

INSERTIONAL 14

INTENSIONAL 15

INTENTIONAL 15

INTERLOPING 19

INVENTORIAL 18

NATIONALISE 14

NATIONALIZE 23

REINFLATION 17

VENTILATION 18

10 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

ALIENATION 13

CENTILLION 17

INFLECTION 19

LINEATIONS 13

TOENAILING 15

9 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

ENTOILING 14

LENITIONS 12

LINEATION 12

8 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

LENITION 11

7 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

NITINOL 10

6 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

ENTOIL 8

INTINE 8

INTONE 8

IOLITE 7

LINNET 9

ONLINE 9

5 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

ELINT 7

ELOIN 7

INION 7

INLET 7

LENTO 7

LINEN 8

LININ 8

NITON 7

NONET 7

OLEIN 7

TELOI 6

TENON 7

TOILE 6

TONNE 7

4 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

ENOL 6

INTI 5

INTO 5

LENO 6

LENT 6

LIEN 6

LINE 6

LINN 7

LINO 6

LINT 6

LION 6

LITE 5

LOIN 6

LONE 6

LOTI 5

NEON 6

NINE 6

NITE 5

NOEL 6

NOIL 6

NONE 6

NOTE 5

TILE 5

TINE 5

TOIL 5

TOLE 5

TONE 5

3 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

EON 4

INN 5

ION 4

LEI 4

LET 4

LIE 4

LIN 5

LIT 4

LOT 4

NET 4

NIL 5

NIT 4

NOT 4

OIL 4

OLE 4

ONE 4

TEL 4

TEN 4

TIE 3

TIL 4

TIN 4

TOE 3

TON 4

2 letter words with the letters LENITION ↑

EL 3

EN 3

ET 2

IN 3

IT 2

LI 3

LO 3

NE 3

NO 3

OE 2

OI 2

ON 3

TI 2

TO 2

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