adjustment

adjustment
n
1. adaptation, adaptedness, fit, fit-tedness; accommodation, conformity, compliance, yieldingness, correspondence, agreement; alteration, modification, change, conversion, transformation, metamorphosis; fashioning, shaping, proportionment, remodeling.
2. acclimation, acclimatization, acclimatation, Rare. acclimature, Rare. acclimatement, naturalization, habituation, Sociol. acculturation; accustomedness, familiarity, familiarization, familiarness, acquaintance, acquaintanceship, acquaintedness; hardening, toughening, seasoning, inurement, inuredness.
3. repair, regulating, tune-up; fixing, righting, setting right; straightening, focusing, tuning in, fine-tuning; bringing into line, coordination, synchronization, collimation, calibration, alignment, balancing.
4. settlement, agreement, compromise, accommodation, composition; reconciliation, Music. resolution, making up, making peace, coming to terms, harmonization; arbitration, negotiation, mediation; squaring, rectification, setting right, redress; satisfaction, amends, mending, patching, healing.
5. knob, lever, handle, grip, switch, button, instrument.

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