beauty treatment | enhancement of someone's personal beauty |
maltreatment ill-treatment ill-usage abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment, the child showed signs of physical abuse |
cruelty inhuman treatment | a cruel act, a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering |
treatment intervention | care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) |
shock therapy shock treatment | treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions |
insulin shock insulin shock therapy insulin shock treatment | the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma |
metrazol shock metrazol shock therapy metrazol shock treatment | the administration of sufficient Metrazol to induce convulsions and coma |
orthodontic treatment | dental treatment that corrects irregularities of the teeth or of the relation of the teeth to surrounding anatomy, treatment is usually by braces or mechanical aids, orthodontic treatment of facial abnormalities |
treatment handling | the management of someone or something, the handling of prisoners, the treatment of water sewage, the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system |
silent treatment | an aloof refusal to speak to someone you know |
treatment | a manner of dealing with something artistically, his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture |
superiority favorable position favourable position | the quality of being at a competitive advantage |
discussion treatment discourse | an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic, the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic, his treatment of the race question is badly biased |
contradiction contradiction in terms | (logic) a statement that is necessarily false, the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction |
short shrift summary treatment | a brief and unsympathetic rejection, they made short shrift of my request |
price terms damage | the amount of money needed to purchase something, the price of gasoline, he got his new car on excellent terms, how much is the damage? |
footing terms | status with respect to the relations between people or groups, on good terms with her in-laws, on a friendly footing |
approval favorable reception favourable reception | acceptance as satisfactory, he bought it on approval |
a whole shebang whole kit and caboodle kit and caboodle whole kit and boodle kit and boodle whole kit whole caboodle whole works works full treatment | everything available, usually preceded by `the', we saw the whole shebang, a hotdog with the works, we took on the whole caboodle, for $ you get the full treatment |
receive | convert into sounds or pictures, receive the incoming radio signals |
receive get find obtain incur | receive a specified treatment (abstract), These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation, His movie received a good review, I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions |
receive | regard favorably or with disapproval, Her new collection of poems was not well received |
receive | accept as true or valid, He received Christ |
negociate negotiate talk terms | discuss the terms of an arrangement, They negotiated the sale of the house |
welcome receive | bid welcome to, greet upon arrival |
receive | partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament |
receive take in invite c | express willingness to have in one's home or environs, The community warmly received the refugees |
pick up receive | register (perceptual input), pick up a signal |
experience receive have get | go through (mental or physical states or experiences), get an idea, experience vertigo, get nauseous, receive injuries, have a feeling |
get e receive f | receive as a retribution or punishment, He got years in prison |
receive have | get something, come into possession of, receive payment, receive a gift, receive letters from the front |
receive | have or give a reception, The lady is receiving Sunday morning |
meet encounter receive | experience as a reaction, My proposal met with much opposition |
golden favorable favourable lucky prosperous | presaging or likely to bring good luck, a favorable time to ask for a raise, lucky stars, a prosperous moment to make a decision |
favorable favourable | occurring at a convenient or suitable time, an opportune time to receive guests |
favorable favourable | (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate, the days were fair and the winds were favorable |
favorable favourable | encouraging or approving or pleasing, a favorable reply, he received a favorable rating, listened with a favorable ear, made a favorable impression |
friendly favorable well-disposed | inclined to help or support, not antagonistic or hostile, a government friendly to our interests, an amicable agreement |