Absences


state of being away or not being present:
i acted as supervisor in his absence. your absence was noted on the records.
period of being away:
an absence of several weeks.
failure to attend or appear when expected.
lack; deficiency:
the absence of proof.
inattentiveness; preoccupation; absent-mindedness:
absence of mind.
contemporary examples

he avoids confrontation and the limelight, but he could not suppress his dismay about the absences that inaugural day.
vet snub shocks families leslie h. gelb july 17, 2010

his absences acc-mulated, and soon we more often found daquan leaning against the wall of the corner bodega than in a desk.
he was my favorite student, and they say he killed a baby brandy zadrozny september 12, 2013

they confronted the entertainer about his inattentiveness and absences.
murray’s sloppy paper trail diane dimond november 6, 2011

but as caine tells it in the book, “we were at school and there was no reason to question [her absences] at all.”
michael caine tells his life straight jacob bernstein october 24, 2010

the absences certainly stunned members of the intrepid fallen heroes fund, the group that raised the $65 million for the facility.
vet snub shocks families leslie h. gelb july 17, 2010

historical examples

mrs. biggers carried on the work during mrs. boyer’s absences.
the history of woman suffrage, volume vi various

mrs. jupe’s absences from home were now more frequent than ever.
the christian hall caine

he got in with a gay set at barnum’s hotel, his hours grew irregular, his absences from home more numerous and more prolonged.
the mermaid of druid lake and other stories charles weathers b-mp

had these daily absences any connection with the great mystery?
the woman-haters joseph c. lincoln

the british officer next in seniority to you will command the detachment in your absences.
the elephant g-d gordon c-sserly

noun
the state of being away
the time during which a person or thing is away
the fact of being without something; lack
n.

late 14c., from old french absence (14c.), from latin absentia, noun of state from absentem (nominative absens), present participle of abesse “be away from, be absent,” from ab- “away” (see ab-) + esse “to be” (see essence).

absence makes the heart grow fonder
[thomas haynes bayly (1797-1839) “isle of beauty”]

absence ab·sence (āb’səns)
n.
see pet-t mal.
in addition to the idiom beginning with absence also see: conspicuous by its absence

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