visitation

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
- his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him
- life is full of tribulations
- a visitation of the plague
• Syn:
trial, tribulation
• Derivationally related forms:
visit, tribulate (for: tribulation), try (for: trial)
• Hypernyms:
affliction
• Hyponyms:
fire
2. any disaster or catastrophe
- a visitation of the plague
• Derivationally related forms:
visit
• Hypernyms:
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
3. an official visit for inspection or supervision
- the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations
- the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese
• Derivationally related forms:
visit
• Hypernyms:
visit

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  trial, tribulation