| accreditation | (noun) the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards) | - |
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| creditable | (adjective) worthy of often limited commendation | - |
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| creditably | (adverb) to a tolerably worthy extent | Synonyms: respectably |
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| discreditable | (adjective) tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy | - |
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| discreditably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: disgracefully, dishonorably, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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| dita | (noun) evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Alstonia scholaris, devil tree, dita bark |
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| hereditament | (noun) any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited | - |
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| hereditarianism | (noun) the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth | - |
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| hereditary | (adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity | Synonyms: familial, genetic, inherited, transmissible, transmitted |
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| (adjective) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | Synonyms: ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible |
| meditate | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over |
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| (verb) think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes | Synonyms: contemplate, study |
| meditation | (noun) continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature | Synonyms: speculation |
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| (noun) (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects) | - |
| meditative | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
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| meditatively | (adverb) in a meditative manner | - |
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| meditativeness | (noun) deep serious thoughtfulness | Synonyms: contemplativeness, pensiveness |
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| nonhereditary | (adjective) not acquirable by inheritance | Synonyms: nontransmissible |
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| premeditate | (verb) consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand | - |
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| (verb) think or reflect beforehand or in advance | - |
| premeditated | (adjective) characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning | - |
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| premeditation | (noun) planning or plotting in advance of acting | Synonyms: forethought |
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| (noun) (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent | - |
| unpremeditated | (adjective) not premeditated | - |
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| (adjective) not prepared or planned in advance | - |