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The state of being rejected or cast out. [R.] An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Jer. Taylor.

The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew.

ses of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.

ve of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.

The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Darwin.

Capable of being abolished.

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley.

The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev.

The quality of being abortive.

The act abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.

Capable of being abrogated.

The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

The state of being cut off. Sir T. Browne.

A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12.

Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present. "Expecting absent friends." Shak.

The state of being absent; withdrawal. [R.] Barrow.

The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller.

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.