absence
Roget category 187
2. Words relating to space› 2.1. Space in general
›› 2.1.3. Existence in space
#187.
[Nullibiety.1]
Absence
noun
absence —
inexistence
etc.
2† —
nonresidence,
absenteeism —
nonattendance,
alibi.
emptiness
etc.
adj. —
void,
vacuum —
vacuity,
vacancy —
tabula rasa [Lat.] —
exemption —
hiatus
etc.
(interval)
198 —
lipotype†.
truant,
absentee.
nobody —
nobody present,
nobody on earth —
not a soul —
ame qui vive [Fr.].
verb
be absent
etc.
adj. —
keep away,
keep out of the way —
play truant,
absent oneself,
stay away —
keep aloof,
hold aloof.
withdraw,
make oneself scarce,
vacate —
go away
etc.
293.
adjective
absent,
not present,
away,
nonresident,
gone,
from home —
missing —
lost —
wanting —
omitted —
nowhere to be found —
inexistence
etc.
2†.
empty,
void —
vacant,
vacuous —
untenanted,
unoccupied,
uninhabited —
tenantless —
barren,
sterile —
desert,
deserted —
devoid —
uninhabitable.
adverb
without,
minus,
nowhere —
elsewhere —
neither here nor there —
in default of —
sans —
behind one's back.
phrase
the bird has flown,
non est inventus [Lat.].
absence makes the heart grow fonder"
[Bayley];
absent in body but present in spirit"
[1 Corinthians verse 3];
absento nemo ne nocuisse velit [Lat.]
[Propertius];
Achilles absent was Achilles still"
[Homer];
aux absents les os —
briller par son absence [Fr.] —
conspicuous by his absence"
[Russell];
in the hope to meet shortly again and make our in the hope to meet shortly again and make our absence sweet"
[B. Jonson].
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