(n.) The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons.

Dutch courage a high alcoholism befuddlement besottedness bibulousness compotation crapulence crapulency crapulousness dipsomania dizziness drinking ebriosity excess excessiveness extravagance fuddle fuddledness fuddlement giddiness gluttony gulping guzzling hangover imbibing imbibition immoderacy immoderateness immoderation incontinence indiscipline indulgence inebriation inebriety inordinacy inordinateness insobriety intemperance intemperateness intoxication katzenjammer lapping lightheadedness morning after nipping overdoing overindulgence pot-valiance pot-valor potation prodigality pulling quaffing self-indulgence slipping sottedness sottishness spinning head swigging swilling swimming swinishness symposium tasting tipsiness too much too-muchness unconstraint uncontrol unrestraint vertiginousness vertigo wooziness