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The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. Palfrey.

The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry).

Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. Kerr.

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.

Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. The task of ablution and abstersion being performed. Sir W. Scott.

The quality of being abstersive. Fuller.

The state of being abstracted; abstract character.

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. A wrongful abstraction of wealth from certain members of the community. J. S. Mill.

The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.

The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the ideas." Locke.

The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Boyle.

The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. "The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number." Locke.

The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert.

Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.

The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation. A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration. I. Taylor.…

Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.

Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. Ure.