Absorption
Absorption noun - A focusing of the mind on something.
Usage example: forgot to return the phone call due to his absorption in setting up the new computer system
Absence is an antonym for absorption.
Absence
Absence noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.
Absorption is an antonym for absence.
Nearby Word: absent
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