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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARTICIPA'TION, n. The state of sharing in common with others; as a participation of joys or sorrows.
1. The act or state of receiving or having part of something.
Those deities are so by participation, and subordinate to the Supreme.
2. Distribution; division into shares.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" [syn: engagement, participation, involvement, involution] [ant: non-engagement, non- involvement, nonparticipation]
2: the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) [syn: participation, involvement]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of participating 2. the state of being related to a larger whole

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Participation Par*tic`i*pa"tion, n. [F. participation, L. participatio.] 1. The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows. These deities are so by participation. --Bp. Stillingfleet. What an honor, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself! --Atterbury. 2. Distribution; division into shares. [Obs.] --Raleigh. 3. community; fellowship; association. [Obs.] --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see participate

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Partaking.

Moby Thesaurus

admissibility, admission, affiliation, assimilation, association, companionship, company, completeness, comprehension, comprehensiveness, comprisal, consociation, cooperation, coverage, eligibility, embodiment, embracement, encompassment, envisagement, exhaustiveness, fellowship, fraternity, fraternization, inclusion, inclusiveness, incorporation, membership, openness, partaking, reception, sharing, society, tolerance, toleration, whole