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   Ab·sence

   /ˈabsəns/

   

   noun

   • 1. the state of being away from a place or person: "the letter had arrived during his absence" Similar nonattendancenonappearanceabsenteeismtruancyplaying truanttruantingleaveannual leavevacationsabbaticalholidayinformal:skivingbunking offplaying hookygoofing offditchingplaying the wagwaggingOpposite presenceattendance
   • ▪ an occasion or period of being away from a place or person: "repeated absences from school"
   • ▪ the nonexistence or lack of: "she found his total absence of facial expression disconcerting"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin absentia, from absens, absent- (see absent).

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