Thesaurus: absence

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1. n. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
2. n. Want; destitution; withdrawal.
3. n. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
4. n. the state of being absent
5. n. failure to be present
6. n. the time interval during which something or somebody is away
7. n. the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
8. 1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12. 2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law." Kent. 3. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind. "Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind." Addison. To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. Landor.
9. n:100 n. the state of being absent n. failure to be present n. the time interval during which something or somebody is away n. the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy