absence
noun
1 absence
The state of being absent.
Roget 2: inexistence†; nonexistence, nonsubsistence; nonentity, nil; negativeness etc. adj.; nullity; nihility†, nihilism; tabula rasa [Lat.], blank; abeyance; ... show more
Roget 777a: exemption; absence etc. 187; exception, immunity, privilege, release.
Roget 101: zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts [G.], nixie [Slang], ... show more
Roget 187: absence; inexistence etc. 2†; nonresidence, absenteeism; nonattendance, alibi. emptiness etc. adj.; void, vacuum; ... show more
Dutch: afwezendheid, absenteïsme, absentie, afwezigheid
2 absence
Failure to be present.
Dutch: tekort, afwezigheid, verstek, ontbreken, vermissing, verzuim
Polish: nieobecność, niebytność, absencja
3 absence
The time interval during which something or somebody is away.
4 absence
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.
synonym: absence seizure.
Dutch: petit mal, gemis
Moby thesaurus: AWOL, French leave, abscondence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, beggary, cut, day off, dearth, default, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, departure, deprivation, destitution, disappearance ... show more.
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