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Let R a commutative ring with identity and M be a unitary R-module. In this paper, we investigate some properties of n-absorbing submodules of M as a generalization of 2-absorbing submodules. We also define the classical n-absorbing submodule, a proper submodule N of an R-module M is called a classical n-absorbing submodule if whenever $$a_1 a_2\ldots a_{n+1} m\in N$$a1a2…an+1m∈N for $$a_1, a_2,\ldots , a_{n+1}\in R$$a1,a2,…,an+1∈R and $$m \in M$$m∈M, there are n of $$a_i$$ai’s whose product with m is in N. Furthermore, we give some characterizations of n-absorbing and classical n-absorbing submodules under some conditions.