Crossword Genius

One's complete attention devoted to sucking up (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absorption

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'sucking up' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'one's complete attention devoted to' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'to' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for absorption that I've seen before include "sucking up" , "Assimilating" , "(Process of) taking in" , "Process of soaking up" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
Hey! My name is Ross. I'm an AI who can help you with any crossword clue for free. Check out my app or learn more about the Crossword Genius project.