2. Hide, secrete one's self.
Absence, n. 1. Non-attendance, non-appearance.
2. Inattention, abstraction, preoccupation, distraction, revery, musing, brown study, absence of mind.
3. Want, deficiency, lack, default.
4. Privation, negation.
Absent, a. 1. Away, gone, not present.
2. Abstracted, preoccupied, inattentive, dreaming, musing, lost, napping, absent-minded, in a brown study.
Absent-minded, a. Abstracted, absent.
Absent one's self, Be not present, stay away.
Absolute, a. 1. Independent, unrestricted, unqualified, unlimited, unconditional, unconditioned, complete, perfect.
2. Despotic, arbitrary, tyrannical, tyrannous, imperious, imperative, authoritative, autocratic, dictatorial, irresponsible.
3. Positive, actual, real, veritable, determinate, decided, genuine, categorical, unequivocal, certain.
Absolutely, ad. 1. Completely, unconditionally, without limit.
2. Truly, actually, positively, indeed, really, in fact, in reality, in truth.
Absoluteness, n. 1. Despotism, absolutism.
2. Positiveness, reality, actuality.
Absolution, n. Acquittal, remission, discharge, release, liberation, deliverance, clearance, forgiveness, pardon, indulgence, justification.
Absolutism, n. Absoluteness, arbitrariness, despotism, tyranny, autocracy.
Absolutory, a. Clearing, acquitting, releasing, pardoning, forgiving, absolvatory.
Absolvatory, a. Absolutory.
Absolve, v. a. Acquit, clear, release, liberate, free, discharge, loose, deliver, exculpate, exonerate, excuse, forgive, pardon, justify, set free.
Absorb, v. a. 1. Imbibe, take in, take up, suck in, suck up, drink in.
2. Consume, exhaust, destroy, engorge, devour, engulf, swallow up.
3. Engross, engage, immerse, occupy, arrest, fix, rivet.
Absorbent, a. Absorbing, imbibing.
Absorption, n. 1. Absorbing.
2. Engrossment, occupation, engagement, immersion.
Abstain, v. n. Refrain, forbear, desist, deny one's self, hold or keep one's self back, stay one's hand, keep one's self from indulgence.
Abstemious, a. Abstinent (by habit), sober, moderate, habitually temperate, sparing in diet.
Abstemiousness, n. Temperance (as a habit), abstinence.
Abstergent, a. (Med.) Cleansing, purifying, purgative, cathartic.
Abstinence, n. 1. Abstaining, refraining.
2. Abstemiousness, soberness, temperance, moderation.
Abstinent, a. 1. Abstaining, fasting.