-ation

[winged_spirit]

I was going to post this on Tuesday, since it's a product of being bored during a meeting, but, here it is....


in order of thought:
castration, frustration, plantation, nation, bastardization, recreation, concentration, dehumanization, demonization, standardization, finalization, continuation, situation, debilitation, colonization, explanation, documentation, sterilization, automation, generation, configuration, validation, formation, specification, allocation, initialization, observation, extrication, summation, multiplication, investigation, quotation, collaboration, implementation, instillation, menstruation, speculation, copulation, winterization, causation, naturalization, application, immunization, computation, masterbation, stylization, implication, eradication, protestation, station, mutation, mutilation, sexualization, personalization, medication, familiarization, celebration, gentrification, indication, verification, education, gratification, presentation, improvisation, operation, duration, constipation, stipulation, precipitation, cooperation, retardation, harmonization, mobilization, complication

alphabetical order:
allocation, application, automation,
bastardization,
castration, causation, celebration, collaboration, colonization, complication, computation, concentration, configuration, constipation, continuation, cooperation, copulation,
debilitation, dehumanization, demonization, documentation, duration,
education, eradication, explanation, extrication,
familiarization, finalization, formation, frustration,
generation, gentrification, gratification,
harmonization,
immunization, implementation, implication, improvisation, indication, initialization, instillation, investigation,
masterbation, medication, menstruation, mobilization, multiplication, mutation, mutilation,
nation, naturalization,
observation, operation,
personalization, plantation, precipitation, presentation, protestation,
quotation,
recreation, retardation,
sexualization, situation, specification, speculation, standardization, station, sterilization, stipulation, stylization, summation,
validation, verification,
winterization,

implicitly negative (varying degrees):
sexualization, gentrification, protestation, complication, colonization, plantation, debilitation, eradication, frustration, retardation, mutation, mutilation, bastardization, dehumanization, demonization, castration

implicitly positive (varying degrees):
recreation, mobilization, nation, naturalization, harmonization, concentration, celebration, collaboration

implicitly technical (/scientific):
validation, explanation, education, application, summation, multiplication, causation, precipitation, allocation, instillation, investigation, documentation, verification, specification, standardization, implementation, automation, computation, configuration

implicitly medical (/pertaining to people and bodies):
immunization, application, castration, medication, copulation, constipation, sterilization, masterbation, menstruation

ones I didn't have enough of an opinion on to fit into a category :(
continuation, cooperation,
duration,
extrication,
familiarization, finalization, formation,
generation, gratification,
implication, improvisation, indication, initialization,
observation, operation,
personalization, presentation,
quotation,
situation, speculation, station, stipulation, stylization,
winterization,

Since Tuesday, have come up with many more...
sanitation
vacation
vaccination
provocation
convocation
fornication
saturation
liquification
accreditation
emmancipation
elation
damnation
realization
undulation
strangulation
location
rotation
..the list goes on.

Anyone else? Thoughts? :D