10-Letter Words Starting AB & Ending N

• a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

• a formal resignation and renunciation of powers

• the act of abdicating

• (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

• (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

• the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

• the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

• complete attention; intense mental effort

• the mental state of being preoccupied by something

• (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

• shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant

• the act of cutting something off

• the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief

• renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

• the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

• the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance

• the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

• a state or condition markedly different from the norm

• a disorder in one's mental state

• an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

• the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)