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Absinthial
- - Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.
Absinthian
- - Of the nature of wormwood.
Absinthism
- - The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinth.
Absinthium
- - The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.
Absolution
- noun - the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
Absolutism
- noun - a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- the doctrine of an absolute being
- the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
Absolutist
- adjective - one who advocates absolutism
- pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism
Absorption
- noun - (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules"
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Absorptive
- adjective - having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge"
Abstaining
- verb - choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
- refrain from voting