Absolute () In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

Absolutely () In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.

Absoluteness () The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

Absolution () An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.

Absolution () An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent.

Absolution () The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.

Absolution () An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.

Absolution () The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.

Absolution () Delivery, in speech.

Absolutism () The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.

Absolutism () Doctrine of absolute decrees.

Absolutist () One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.

Absolutist () One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.

Absolutist () Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.

Absolutistic () Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.

Absolutory () Serving to absolve; absolving.

Absolvable () That may be absolved.

Absolvatory () Conferring absolution; absolutory.

Absolved () of Absolve

Absolving () of Absolve

Absolve () 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 () To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.

Absolve () To finish; to accomplish.

Absolve () To resolve or explain.

Absolvent () Absolving.

Absolvent () An absolver.

Absolver () One who absolves.

Absonant () Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant.

Absonous () Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.

Absorbed () of Absorb

Absorbing () of Absorb

Absorb () To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

Absorb () To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.

Absorb () To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.

Absorb () 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 () The state or quality of being absorbable.

Absorbable () Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

Absorbedly () In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.

Absorbency () Absorptiveness.

Absorbent () Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

Absorbent () Anything which absorbs.

Absorbent () 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 () The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.

Absorber () One who, or that which, absorbs.

Absorbing () Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit.

Absorbition () Absorption.

Absorpt () Absorbed.

Absorption () The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

Absorption () An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

Absorption () In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.

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