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Abnodation
- - The act of cutting away the knots of trees.
Abrogation
- noun - removing a law
- the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
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
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
Admonition
- noun - a firm rebuke
- cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches"
Adrogation
- - A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation.
Adsorption
- noun - the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid
Advocation
- - The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.
Advolution
- - A rolling toward something.