Antonyms for excitation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ek-sahy-tey-shuh n, -si-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛk saɪˈteɪ ʃən, -sɪ-

Definition of excitation

Origin : late 14c., from Old French excitation, from Latin excitationem (nominative excitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of excitare (see excite).

noun excitement

Example sentences :

I may read him to-day with enjoyment, but safe from excitation.
Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson

Now, every vital action supposes an excitation or irritation.
Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science » by Various

Is there not here all the excitation in the world for our sorrow, our pity, our indignation?
Extract from : « Revolution and Other Essays » by Jack London

Their recollection is not an act of the will, but an excitation by the object that originally produced it.
Extract from : « Sound Mind » by John Haslam

On September 14 he tried various experiments on the excitation of electricity.
Extract from : « The Royal Institution » by Bence Jones

We all dropt in spirit like so many sacks, after the excitation of the morning.
Extract from : « Miss Eden's Letters » by Emily Eden

And therefore the will could suspend its exercise and its excitation of the mind.
Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter

Excitation is detected in Mimosa by the downward movement of the leaf.
Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

The amplitude of the response-curve measures the intensity of excitation.
Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

This mode of propagation may better be described as a convection of excitation.
Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

Synonyms for excitation

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