| Participation 1. (n.) The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows. 2. (n.) Distribution; division into shares. 3. (n.) community; fellowship; association. Thesaurus Entries admissibility, admission, affiliation, assimilation, association, companionship, company, completeness, comprehension, comprehensiveness, comprisal, consociation, cooperation, coverage, eligibility, embodiment, embracement, encompassment, envisagement, exhaustiveness, fellowship, fraternity, fraternization, inclusion, inclusiveness, incorporation, membership, openness, partaking, reception, sharing, society, tolerance, toleration, whole |