Absorption and Absence

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

How words are described

complete complete absorption complete absence
actual actual absorption actual absence
constant constant absorption constant absence
permanent permanent absorption permanent absence
Other adjectives: general, extended.
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