| advance | (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression |
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| (noun) increase in price or value | Synonyms: rise |
| (noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Synonyms: approach, feeler, overture |
| (noun) a movement forward | Synonyms: progress, progression |
| (noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: betterment, improvement |
| (noun) an amount paid before it is earned | Synonyms: cash advance |
| advancement | (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advance, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression |
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| (noun) gradual improvement or growth or development | Synonyms: progress |
| (noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: furtherance, promotion |
| advancer | (noun) someone who advances | - |
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| connivance | (noun) agreement on a secret plot | Synonyms: collusion |
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| (noun) (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing | Synonyms: secret approval, tacit consent |
| conservancy | (noun) the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc. | - |
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| (noun) a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river | - |
| contrivance | (noun) the act of devising something | Synonyms: devisal |
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| (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
| (noun) any improvised arrangement for temporary use | Synonyms: lash-up |
| (noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | Synonyms: dodge, stratagem |
| (noun) the faculty of contriving; inventive skill | - |
| (noun) an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. | - |
| grievance | (noun) a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action | - |
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| (noun) an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice | - |
| (noun) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | Synonyms: grudge, score |
| irrelevance | (noun) the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand | Synonyms: irrelevancy |
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| irrelevancy | (noun) the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand | Synonyms: irrelevance |
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| nonobservance | (noun) a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | - |
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| observance | (noun) the act of observing; taking a patient look | Synonyms: observation, watching |
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| (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honoring, honouring |
| (noun) the act of noticing or paying attention | Synonyms: notice, observation |
| (noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony |
| relevance | (noun) the relation of something to the matter at hand | Synonyms: relevancy |
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| relevancy | (noun) the relation of something to the matter at hand | Synonyms: relevance |
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| vancomycin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections | Synonyms: Vancocin |
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