absorption

noun

1 the absorption of water:

soaking up, sucking up, drawing up/in, taking up/in, blotting up, mopping up, sponging up, sopping up;

technical osmosis.

2 by 1543, Scottish fears of absorption by England seemed to have been allayed:

incorporation, assimilation, integration, appropriation, taking in, subsuming, inclusion, co-opting, swallowing up.

3 shock absorption:

reduction, decrease, lessening, softening, deadening, cushioning;

soaking up.

4 she returned to her absorption in the game show on TV:

immersion, intentness, raptness, involvement, engrossment, occupation, engagement, preoccupation, captivation, monopolization;

fascination, enthralment, interest.

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