Rhymes with decompression
de·com·pres·sion
D d Two-syllable rhymes
- freshen — to make fresh; refresh, revive, or renew: We need a good rain to freshen the flowers.
- hessian — of or relating to the state of Hesse or its inhabitants.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- session — the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session.
Three-syllable rhymes
- accession — Accession is the act of taking up a position as the ruler of a country.
- aggression — Aggression is a quality of anger and determination that makes you ready to attack other people.
- bull session — A bull session is an informal conversation among a small group of people.
- compression — the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed
- concession — If you make a concession to someone, you agree to let them do or have something, especially in order to end an argument or conflict.
- confession — A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- digression — the act of digressing.
- discretion — the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice: It is entirely within my discretion whether I will go or stay.
- impression — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- jam session — a meeting of a group of musicians, especially jazz musicians, to play for their own enjoyment.
- obsession — the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
- oppression — the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- possession — the act or fact of possessing.
- precession — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- procession — the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
- profession — a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Compare learned profession.
- progression — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
- rap session — a usually informal or unstructured group discussion, attended especially by people with shared interests, concerns, or problems.
- recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.
- regression — the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
- repression — the act of repressing; state of being repressed.
- secession — an act or instance of seceding.
- skull session — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- succession — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
- suppression — the act of suppressing.
- transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
- indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- intercession — an act or instance of interceding.
- learned profession — any of the three vocations of theology, law, and medicine, commonly held to require highly advanced learning. Compare profession (def 1).
- misimpression — a faulty or incorrect impression; a misconception or misapprehension.
- nonaggression — abstention from aggression, especially by a nation.
- repossession — to possess again; regain possession of, especially for nonpayment of money due.
- retrocession — to cede back: to retrocede a territory.
- special session — a session, as of a legislature or council, called to meet in addition to those held regularly.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- manic depression — bipolar disorder.
- reactive depression — depression occurring in response to some situational stress, as loss of one's job.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- clinical depression — depression in a patient that meets defined criteria and that is deemed to merit treatment
- geometric progression — a sequence of terms in which the ratio between any two successive terms is the same, as the progression 1, 3, 9, 27, 81 or 144, 12, 1, 1/12, 1/144.
- harmonic progression — a series of numbers the reciprocals of which are in arithmetic progression.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- agitated depression — severe depression accompanied by extreme anxiety and agitation
- arithmetic progression — a sequence of numbers or quantities, each term of which differs from the succeeding term by a constant amount, such as 3,6,9,12
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- ecological succession — succession (def 6).
- war of the austrian succession — the war (1740–48) in which Austria, England, and the Netherlands opposed Prussia, France, and Spain over the selection of rulers for territories within the Austrian Empire.
- war of the spanish succession — a war (1701–14) fought by Austria, England, the Netherlands, and Prussia against France and Spain, arising from disputes about the succession in Spain after the death of Charles II of Spain.