absumption
/əbˈsʌm(p)ʃn/Now archaic and rare
noun
The process of gradually destroying something, or of wasting away.
- Common only in 17th cent..
Origin
Early 17th century. From classical Latin absūmptiōn-, absūmptiō action of using up or spending (2nd or 3rd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also destruction, wasting away from absūmpt-, past participial stem of absūmere + -iō.