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Abdications
- noun - a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
- the act of abdicating
Aberrations
- noun - a disorder in one's mental state
- a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
Abjurations
- noun - a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
Ablatitious
- - Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force.
Abnegations
- noun - renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
- the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity"
Abreactions
- noun - (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
Abrogations
- noun - removing a law
- the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
Absolutions
- 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
Absorptions
- 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
Abstentions
- noun - refusal to vote
- the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)