All settlement synonyms

noun settlement

• outcropping — Geology. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
• determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
• co-op — A co-op is a co-operative.
• giveback — (in union negotiations) a reduction in employee wages or benefits conceded by a union in exchange for other benefits or in recognition of depressed economic conditions: Givebacks have not slowed the number of shutdowns.
• codification — the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
• quittance — recompense or requital.
• convention — A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society.
• adjudication — the act of adjudicating
• accommodation — Accommodation is used to refer to buildings or rooms where people live or stay.
• colonization — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
• laager — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
• hamlet — (italics) a tragedy (first printed 1603) by Shakespeare.
• award — An award is a prize or certificate that a person is given for doing something well.
• acquittance — a release from or settlement of a debt, etc
• coordination — Coordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
• foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
• mise — a settlement or agreement.
• expiation — The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
• amortization — the process of amortizing a debt
• give and take — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• defrayment — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
• homestead — a town in S Florida.
• workings — Plural form of working.
• colony — A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country.
• copout — an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion: The governor's platform was a cop-out.
• descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
• wellbeing — a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare: to influence the well-being of the nation and its people.
• accord — An accord between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement, for example to end a war.
• immovability — incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
• colonisation — Alternative spelling of colonization.
• coordinations — the act or state of coordinating or of being coordinated.
• mollification — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
• byproduct — A byproduct is something that is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
• inhabitance — place of residence; habitation.
• aftereffect — The aftereffects of an event, experience, or substance are the conditions which result from it.
• fifty-fifty — equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
• arbitration — Arbitration is the judging of a dispute between people or groups by someone who is not involved.
• footing — the basis or foundation on which anything is established.
• inhabitancy — place of residence; habitation.
• handshake — handshaking
• domicile — a place of residence; abode; house or home.
• conclusion — When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
• illation — the act of inferring.
• indemnity — protection or security against damage or loss.
• drop-off — a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
• biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
• counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
• folk — Usually, folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
• adjustment — An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something.
• inhabitation — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.