Synonyms: visitation
Definition: an official visit for inspection or supervision
Usage: the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations; the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese
Similar words: visit
Definition: the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
Usage: he dropped by for a visit
Synonyms: visitation
Definition: any disaster or catastrophe
Usage: a visitation of the plague
Similar words: tragedy, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster
Definition: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Usage: the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity; the earthquake was a disaster
Synonyms: visitation, trial, tribulation
Definition: an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
Usage: his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him; life is full of tribulations; a visitation of the plague
Similar words: affliction
Definition: a cause of great suffering and distress