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The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume.

One who repeals by authority.

One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coördinate axes.

The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinth.

Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.

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

nder, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment. Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourteen. Macaulay.

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. "Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all." Cowper. The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion. W. Irving.

round (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.

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

Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. "One abstemious day." Pope.

Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar.

To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge. [R.] Quincy.

The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat. Penance, fasts, and abstinence, To punish bodies for the soul's offense. Dryden.

ribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalization, and consequently to all general names, instead of confining it to the…

ect so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.…

Obtained from plants by distillation. [Obs.] Crabb.

In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham.

In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.

The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.