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Verb to Noun Suffixes

SUFFIX VERB – NOUN VERB – NOUN VERB – NOUN
-AL condition, quality arrive –arrival deny –denial refuse – refusal
approve – propose – dismiss – dismissal
approval proposal
-ANCE / -ENCE action, state, attend – prefer – refer – reference
condition or quality attendance preference exist –existence
accept – insure –
acceptance insurance
-ATION / -TION action or resulting educate – eliminate – combine –
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state education elimination combination

inform – declare – immigrate –
information declaration immigration
-SION action or resulting state confuse – divide –division impress –
confusion revise – revision impression
decide – profess–profession
decision
-URE action or resulting state depart – fail – failure press – pressure
departure enclose – legislate – legislatu
erase – erasure enclosure re
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-MENT state, act, condition agree– employ – punish

agreement employment – punishment
pay – payment argue – argument govern
– government
-AGE action, state, process break pack – package bag– baggage
– breakage pass – passage marry – marriage
post – postage
-ING action, state, process bless – blessing write – writing end –ending
land – landing feed – feeding seat – seating
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-ERY a business or trade, a behavior, cream bake –bakery brew – brewery

a condition – creamery brave (Adj) machine (N) –
slave (N) – bravery machinery
– slavery