abreaction
The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.

abreactions
plural of abreaction

abrenunciation
Absolute renunciation; repudiation; retraction.

abrenunciations
plural of abrenunciation

abreption
A snatching away.

abreptions
plural of abreption

abridgement
Alternative form of abridgment.

abridgements
plural of abridgement

abridgment
The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
The state of being abridged or lessened.
An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.

abridgments
plural of abridgment

abroadness
The state or quality of being abroad.

abrogation
The act of abrogating.
The act of abrogating.

abrogationism
A policy of abrogation.

abrogations
plural of abrogation

abrosexuality
The state of being abrosexual.

abruptio
An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.

abruption
A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off or breaking away; a violent separation of bodies.

abruptions
plural of abruption

abruptness
The state of being abrupt or broken
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.

abruptnesses
plural of abruptness

absampere
Alternative form of abampere.

absamperes
plural of absampere

abscession
A separating; a removal; a going away.
An abscess.

abscessions
plural of abscession

abscision
A cutting away.

abscisions
plural of abscision

abscissa
The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
The horizontal line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the abscissa (sense above) is shown.

abscissae
plural of abscissa

abscissas
plural of abscissa

abscission
The act or process of cutting off.
The state of being cut off.
A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.

abscissions
plural of abscission

abscondancy
The act or fact of absconding, especially from the law.

abscondence
The act of absconding, or illicitly escaping; hiding of a fugitive.

abscondences
plural of abscondence

abscondment
An act of absconding or escaping

abscondments
plural of abscondment

absconsa
A kind of dark lantern.

absconsion
The act of absconding.

absconsions
plural of absconsion

absence
A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
The period of someone being away.
Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
Lack; deficiency; non-existence.
Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).
Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
Lack of contact between blades.

absences
plural of absence

absencies
plural of absency

absency
absence

absense
Misspelling of absence.

absentation
The act of absenting oneself.

absentations
plural of absentation

absentative
A form of a noun or pronoun indicating that its referent is absent or dead.

absentatives
plural of absentative

absentativity
The quality of being absentative.

absenteeism
The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee.
The practice of absenting oneself from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

absenteeisms
plural of absenteeism

absenteeship
Absenteeism, in particular related to landowners.

absenteism
Alternative spelling of absenteeism.

absenteisms
plural of absenteism

absentiality
The quality of being absential.

absentment
The state of being absent; withdrawal

absentmindedness
Alternative form of absent-mindedness.

absentness
The quality of being absent-minded.

absenty
absence

absimilation
Assimilation.

absinthism
The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinthe.

absistence
A standing aloof

absistences
plural of absistence

absoluteness
The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness.
The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
Absolute authority, unlimited power; absolutism, despotism.
The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
Independent autonomy.

absolutenesses
plural of absoluteness

absolution
An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
Delivery, in speech.

absolutions
plural of absolution

absolutisation
Alternative spelling of absolutization.

absolutisations
plural of absolutisation

absolutism
Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism.
Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.

absolutisms
plural of absolutism

absolutivity
The quality of being absolutive.

absolutization
An act, process or result of absolutizing.

absolutizations
plural of absolutization

absolvement
Act of absolving; absolution.

absolvements
plural of absolvement

absolvitur
Obsolete spelling of absolviture.
Misspelling of absolvitor.

absolviture
absolution

absorbabilities
plural of absorbability

absorbability
The state or quality of being absorbable.

absorbancies
plural of absorbancy

absorbancy
Alternative form of absorbency

absorbativity
Synonym of absorbency (“quality of being absorbent”).

absorbedness
The quality of being absorbed.

absorbencies
plural of absorbency

absorbency
The quality of being absorbent.
The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
The action of absorbing.

absorbition
Absorption.

absorbitions
plural of absorbition

absorbsion
Misspelling of absorption.

absorbtance
The ratio of the radiant flux absorbed by a body to that incident upon it

absorbtances
plural of absorbtance

absorbtion
Misspelling of absorption.

absorbtivity
Misspelling of absorptivity.

absorptiometry
Analysis using an absorptiometer.

absorption
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
Mental assimilation.
The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

absorptionism
A policy of absorption or assimilation.

absorptions
plural of absorption

absorptiveness
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

absorptivities
plural of absorptivity

absorptivity
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.

absorptometry
Alternative form of absorptiometry.

absquatulation
The act of absquatulating; hasty departure.

absquatulations
plural of absquatulation

abstainment
An act of abstaining; an abstention.

abstainments
plural of abstainment