| interchange reciprocation give-and-take | mutual interaction, the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) |
diagnostic procedure
diagnostic technique | a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis |
| beauty treatment | enhancement of someone's personal beauty |
liberalization
liberalisation
relaxation | the act of making less strict |
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 |
| give-and-go | a basketball maneuver, one offensive player passes the ball to another, then runs toward the basket to take a return pass |
treatment
intervention | care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) |
| split-brain technique | brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted |
desensitization technique
desensitisation technique
desensitization procedure
desensitisation procedure
systematic desensitization
systematic desensitisation | a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety, client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished |
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 |
| relaxation relaxation method | a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount |
projective test
projective device
projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
rest
ease
repose
relaxation | freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility), took his repose by the swimming pool |
| 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 |
give
spring
springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
proficiency
technique | skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity, practice greatly improves proficiency |
| technique | a practical method or art applied to some particular task |
banter
raillery
give-and-take backchat | light teasing repartee |
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 |
discussion
give-and-take
word | an exchange of views on some topic, we had a good discussion, we had a word or two about it |
short shrift
summary treatment | a brief and unsympathetic rejection, they made short shrift of my request |
relaxation
loosening
slackening | an occurrence of control or strength weakening, the relaxation of requirements, the loosening of his grip, the slackening of the wind |
easiness
relaxation | a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry, the easiness we feel when sleeping |
powder photography
powder method
powder technique | a process for identifying minerals or crystals, a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified Xays, the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification |
relaxation
relaxation behavior | (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance |
| relaxation | (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers |
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 |
| relaxation time | the time constant of an exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance |
exhale give forth
emanate | give out (breath or an odor), The chimney exhales a thick smoke |
give birth
deliver bear birth
have | cause to be born, My wife had twins yesterday! |
| give | proffer (a body part), She gave her hand to her little sister |
| give b | consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man, She gave herself to many men |
| give d,u | occur, what gives? |
give the axe
give the bounce
give the gate | terminate a relationship abruptly, Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman |
die
decease
perish
go
exit
pass away
expire
pass b kick the bucket
cash in one's chips
buy the farm
conk
give-up the ghost
drop dead
pop off
choke croak
snuff it | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life, She died from cancer, The children perished in the fire, The patient went peacefully, The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of |
fail
go bad give way
die give out
conk out
go break break down | stop operating or functioning, The engine finally went, The car died on the road, The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town, The coffee maker broke, The engine failed on the way to town, her eyesight went after the accident |
| give way yield | end resistance, as under pressure or force, The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram |
| fail run out give out | prove insufficient, The water supply for the town failed after a long drought |
| abandon give up | stop maintaining or insisting on, of ideas or claims, He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage, Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations |
| give | estimate the duration or outcome of something, He gave the patient three months to live, I gave him a very good chance at success |
give pay
devote | dedicate, give thought to, give priority to, pay attention to |
| give | inflict as a punishment, She gave the boy a good spanking, The judge gave me years |
| give | allow to have or take, I give you two minutes to respond |
| give | guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion, You gave me to think that you agreed with me |