absence

Meaning

Noun

  • A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
  • The period of someone being away.
  • Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
  • Lack; deficiency; nonexistence.
  • Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).
  • Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
  • Lack of contact between blades.

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Origin

  • From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, ausence, from Latin absentia, from absÄ“ns, present active participle of absum, from ab + sum.

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