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To cut off. [R.] "Two syllables . . . abscinded from the rest." Johnson.

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 act or process of cutting off. "Not to be cured without the abscission of a member." Jer. Taylor.

To hide, withdraw, or be concealed. The marmot absconds all winter. Ray.

A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.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Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.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 act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton.

himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee. Macaulay.

The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

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

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

The plant absinthium or common wormwood.

Of the nature of wormwood. "Absinthian bitterness." T. Randolph.

Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.

The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). Watts.

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

The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.

om any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.

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

ilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. "Government . . . granting absolution to the nation." Froude.