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Reabsorption

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The subsequent absorption of emitted radiation

n. The subsequent absorption of a secreted substance

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act or process of reabsorbing.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of reabsorbing, or the state of being reabsorbed.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation

Word Usage

"One name is "process theology," but I shall rather call it "reabsorption theology," for the word "reabsorption" highlights the allegedly inevitable end point of human history as well as its supposed starting point in a precreation union with God."

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biological process organic process

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