complementation

Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural complementations)

(mathematics) The replacement of a set by its complement
(genetics) The interaction between two genetic units such that an organism can function normally if either one is defective
(grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate

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Contradictions must be annulled by complementation, with resultant increasing coherence in ascending stages.

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Words near complementation in the dictionary