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A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.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.

y; 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 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).

several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief. An abstract of every treatise he had read. Watts. Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled. Ford.

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The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.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.

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

remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. Raleigh.

State of abutting.

One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.

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.…

The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition. Locke.

State of being accepted; acceptableness. "Makes it assured of acceptance." Shak.

Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [Obs.] This is saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15. Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker.

The state of being accessary.

The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.

The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.