Absence

n.	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	A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; - opposed to presence.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.
	3.	Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind. To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. - Landor.

Noun	1.	absence - the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation" Antonyms: presence - the state of being present; current existence; "he tested for the presence of radon"
	2.	absence - failure to be present Antonyms: presence - the act of being present
	3.	absence - the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence"
	4.	absence - epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities) Synonyms: petit mal epilepsy

AWOL, French leave, abscondence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, beggary, cut, day off, dearth, default, defect, defectiveness, deficit, departure, deprivation, destitution, disappearance, drought, emptiness, escape, excused absence, exigency, famine, fleeing, furlough, holiday, hooky, imperfection, impoverishment, inadequacy, incompleteness, insufficiency, lack, leave, leave of absence, leaving, miss, necessity, negation, negativeness, negativity, nihility, nonappearance, nonattendance, nonbeing, nonentity, nonoccurrence, nonreality, nonsubsistence, not-being, nothingness, nullity, omission, paucity, privation, running away, sabbatical leave, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, sick leave, starvation, truancy, truantism, unactuality, unexcused absence, unreality, vacancy, vacation, vacuity, vacuum, void, want, wantage

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