Abscission (n.) The state of being cut off.
Abscission (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."
Absconded (imp. & p. p.) of Abscond
Absconding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abscond
Abscond (v. i.) To hide, withdraw, or be concealed.
Abscond (v. i.) To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor.
Abscond (v. t.) To hide; to conceal.
Abscondence (n.) Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.
Absconder (n.) One who absconds.
Absence (n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
Absence (n.) Want; destitution; withdrawal.
Absence (n.) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
Absent (a.) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
Absent (a.) Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.
Absent (a.) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air.
Absented (imp. & p. p.) of Absent
Absenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Absent
Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
Absent (v. t.) To withhold from being present.
Absentaneous (a.) Pertaining to absence.
Absentation (n.) The act of absenting one's self.
Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee.
Absenteeism (n.) The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.
Absenter (n.) One who absents one's self.
Absently (adv.) In an absent or abstracted manner.
Absentment (n.) The state of being absent; withdrawal.
Absent-minded (a.) Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
Absentness (n.) The quality of being absent-minded.
Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C book; a primer.
Absinthate (n.) A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.
Absinth (n.) Alt. of Absinthe
Absinthe (n.) The plant absinthium or common wormwood.
Absinthe (n.) A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.
Absinthial (a.) Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.
Absinthian (n.) Of the nature of wormwood.
Absinthiate (v. t.) To impregnate with wormwood.
Absinthiated (a.) Impregnated with wormwood; as, absinthiated wine.
Absinthic (a.) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
Absinthin (n.) The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).
Absinthism (n.) The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinth.
Absinthium (n.) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.
Absis (n.) See Apsis.
Absist (v. i.) To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist.
Absistence (n.) A standing aloof.
Absolute (a.) Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.
Absolute (a.) Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty.
Absolute (a.) Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.
Absolute (a.) Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
Absolute (a.) Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
Absolute (a.) Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
Absolute (a.) Authoritative; peremptory.
Absolute (a.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
Absolute (a.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative.
Absolute (n.) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
Absolutely (adv.) In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.
Absoluteness (n.) The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.
Absolution (n.) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
Absolution (n.) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent.
Absolution (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.
Absolution (n.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.
Absolution (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
Absolution (n.) Delivery, in speech.
Absolutism (n.) The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
Absolutism (n.) Doctrine of absolute decrees.
Absolutist (n.) One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
Absolutist (n.) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.
Absolutist (a.) Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.
Absolutistic (a.) Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.
Absolutory (a.) Serving to absolve; absolving.
Absolvable (a.) That may be absolved.
Absolvatory (a.) Conferring absolution; absolutory.
Absolved (imp. & p. p.) of Absolve
Absolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Absolve
Absolve (v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.
Absolve (v. t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
Absolve (v. t.) To finish; to accomplish.
Absolve (v. t.) To resolve or explain.
Absolvent (a.) Absolving.
Absolvent (n.) An absolver.
Absolver (n.) One who absolves.
Absonant (a.) Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant.
Absonous (a.) Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.
Absorbed (imp. & p. p.) of Absorb
Absorbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Absorb
Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
Absorb (v. t.) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
Absorb (v. t.) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.
Absorb (v. t.) To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.
Absorbability (n.) The state or quality of being absorbable.
Absorbable (a.) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
Absorbedly (adv.) In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
Absorbency (n.) Absorptiveness.
Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Absorbent (n.) Anything which absorbs.
Absorbent (n.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
Absorbent (n.) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Absorber (n.) One who, or that which, absorbs.
Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit.
Absorbition (n.) Absorption.
Absorpt (a.) Absorbed.