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graduation
A	noun
	1	graduation
			the successful completion of a program of study
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of state ╚termination; ending; conclusion ╚completion; culmination; closing; windup; mop up ╚graduation
	2	gradation, graduation
			the act of arranging in grades
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚measurement; measuring; measure; mensuration ╚quantification ╚gradation, graduation ╚shading; blending
	3	graduation
			a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement; "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚indication; indicant ╚mark; print ╚line ╚graduation
	4	commencement, commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, graduation, graduation exercise
			an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
		Category Tree: event ╚social event ╚affair; occasion; social occasion; function; social function ╚ceremony; ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; observance ╚exercise ╚commencement, commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, graduation, graduation exercise