| reluctance | (noun) a certain degree of unwillingness | Synonyms: disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition |
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| (noun) (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance) | - |
| remembrance | (noun) the ability to recall past occurrences | Synonyms: anamnesis, recollection |
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| (noun) a recognition of meritorious service | Synonyms: commemoration, memorial |
| remittance | (noun) a payment of money sent to a person in another place | Synonyms: remission, remitment, remittal |
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| remonstrance | (noun) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | Synonyms: expostulation, objection, remonstration |
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| repentance | (noun) remorse for your past conduct | Synonyms: penance, penitence |
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| repugnance | (noun) intense aversion | Synonyms: horror, repulsion, revulsion |
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| (noun) the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time | Synonyms: incompatibility, inconsistency, mutual exclusiveness |
| resemblance | (noun) similarity in appearance or external or superficial details | - |
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| resistance | (noun) group action in opposition to those in power | - |
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| (noun) the military action of resisting the enemy's advance | - |
| (noun) the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with | Synonyms: opposition |
| (noun) an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Synonyms: resistor |
| (noun) the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) | - |
| (noun) (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness | - |
| (noun) a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force | Synonyms: underground |
| (noun) any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion | - |
| (noun) a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms | Synonyms: electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistivity |
| (noun) (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease | Synonyms: immunity |
| (noun) the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents | - |
| resonance | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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| (noun) the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities | - |
| (noun) a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system | - |
| (noun) an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation | - |
| (noun) a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people | Synonyms: rapport |
| reverberance | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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| riddance | (noun) the act of forcing out someone or something | Synonyms: ejection, exclusion, expulsion |
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| (noun) the act of removing or getting rid of something | Synonyms: elimination |
| romance | (noun) an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) | Synonyms: romanticism |
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| (noun) a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life | - |
| (noun) a story dealing with love | Synonyms: love story |
| (noun) a relationship between two lovers | Synonyms: love affair |
| (verb) tell romantic or exaggerated lies | - |
| (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander |
| (verb) have a love affair with | - |
| (verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: court, solicit, woo |
| seance | (noun) a meeting of spiritualists | Synonyms: session, sitting |
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| semblance | (noun) picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing | Synonyms: likeness |
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| (noun) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading | Synonyms: color, colour, gloss |
| (noun) an erroneous mental representation | Synonyms: illusion |
| semitrance | (noun) a trancelike state in which the person can follow instructions but voluntary action is weak or absent | - |
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| severance | (noun) the act of severing | Synonyms: severing |
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| (noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | Synonyms: breach, break, falling out, rift, rupture |
| significance | (noun) the quality of being significant | - |
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| (noun) a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred | Synonyms: implication, import |
| (noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified | Synonyms: import, meaning, signification |
| stance | (noun) standing posture | - |
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| (noun) a rationalized mental attitude | Synonyms: position, posture |
| substance | (noun) the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | - |
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| (noun) a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties | - |
| (noun) the property of holding together and retaining its shape | Synonyms: body, consistence, consistency |
| (noun) the idea that is intended | Synonyms: meaning |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, sum |
| (noun) content communicating a message; what something is about | Synonyms: content, message, subject matter |
| (noun) considerable capital (wealth or income) | Synonyms: means |
| (noun) material of a particular kind or constitution | - |
| sufferance | (noun) patient endurance especially of pain or distress | - |
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| (noun) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations | Synonyms: acceptance, toleration |
| superabundance | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness |
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| surveillance | (noun) close observation of a person or group (usually by the police) | - |
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| sustenance | (noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: maintenance, sustainment, sustentation, upkeep |
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| (noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, victuals |
| (noun) the financial means whereby one lives | Synonyms: bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support |
| tapdance | (verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes | Synonyms: tap |
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| tarriance | (noun) the act of tarrying | Synonyms: lingering |
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| temperance | (noun) abstaining from excess | Synonyms: sobriety |
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| (noun) the act of tempering | - |
| (noun) the trait of avoiding excesses | Synonyms: moderation |
| tolerance | (noun) the act of tolerating something | - |
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| (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, leeway, margin |
| (noun) the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions | - |
| (noun) a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior | Synonyms: permissiveness |
| (noun) willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others | - |
| trance | (noun) a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep | - |
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| (noun) A genre of electronic dance music with a fast tempo, repetitive phrasing, and often a hypnotic effect. | - |
| (noun) a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation | Synonyms: enchantment, spell |
| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate |
| transmittance | (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance | Synonyms: transmission |
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| unbalance | (noun) a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium | Synonyms: imbalance, instability |
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| (noun) a state of mental disturbance and disorientation | Synonyms: derangement, mental unsoundness |
| (verb) derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane | Synonyms: derange |
| (verb) throw out of balance or equilibrium | - |
| unimportance | (noun) the quality of not being important or worthy of note | - |
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| (noun) the state of being humble and unimportant | Synonyms: humbleness, lowliness, obscureness |
| usance | (noun) accepted or habitual practice | Synonyms: custom, usage |
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| (noun) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing | Synonyms: consumption, economic consumption, use, use of goods and services |
| (noun) the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange) | - |
| utterance | (noun) the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication | Synonyms: vocalization |
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| valance | (noun) a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing | Synonyms: cornice, pelmet, valance board |
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| valiance | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour |
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| variance | (noun) an activity that varies from a norm or standard | Synonyms: variation |
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| (noun) an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation) | - |
| (noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | Synonyms: disagreement, discrepancy, divergence |
| (noun) the quality of being subject to variation | Synonyms: variability, variableness |
| (noun) the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value | - |
| (noun) discord that splits a group | Synonyms: division |
| (noun) an event that departs from expectations | Synonyms: discrepancy, variant |
| vengeance | (noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | Synonyms: payback, retribution |
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| vigilance | (noun) vigilant attentiveness | Synonyms: watchfulness, weather eye |
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| (noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention | Synonyms: alertness, wakefulness, watchfulness |
| voidance | (noun) the act of removing the contents of something | Synonyms: emptying, evacuation |
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