'absence' definitions:
Definition of 'absence'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation" [ant: presence]
noun
Failure to be present [ant: presence]
noun
The time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence"
noun
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 [syn: absence, absence seizure]
Synonyms of 'absence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscondence,
- absence without leave,
- absentation,
- absenteeism,
- absenting,
- AWOL,
- beggary,
- cut,
- day off,
- dearth,
- default,
- defect,
- defectiveness,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- departure,
- deprivation,
- destitution,
- disappearance,
- drought,
- emptiness,
- escape,
- excused absence,
- exigency,
- famine,
- fleeing,
- French leave,
- furlough,
- holiday,
- hooky,
- imperfection,
- impoverishment,
- inadequacy,
- incompleteness,
- insufficiency,
- lack,
- leave,
- leave of absence,
- leaving,
- miss,
- necessity,
- need,
- negation,
- negativeness,
- negativity,
- nihility,
- nonappearance,
- nonattendance,
- nonbeing,
- nonentity,
- nonexistence,
- 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