'Disappearance' definitions:
Definition of 'disappearance'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of leaving secretly or without explanation [syn: disappearance, disappearing] [ant: appearance]
noun
The event of passing out of sight [ant: appearance]
noun
Gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: fade, disappearance]
noun
Ceasing to exist; "he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula"; "what was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?"; "the disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures"
Definition of 'Disappearance'
From: GCIDE
- Disappearance \Dis`ap*pear"ance\, n. The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disappearance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscondence,
- absence,
- absence without leave,
- absentation,
- absenteeism,
- absenting,
- absquatulation,
- AWOL,
- bolt,
- concealment,
- cut,
- day off,
- decampment,
- default,
- departure,
- desertion,
- disappearing act,
- elopement,
- escape,
- excused absence,
- exit,
- fleeing,
- flight,
- French leave,
- fugitation,
- furlough,
- hasty retreat,
- hegira,
- holiday,
- hooky,
- immateriality,
- imperceptibility,
- indiscernibility,
- invisibility,
- leave,
- leave of absence,
- leaving,
- nonappearance,
- nonattendance,
- quick exit,
- running away,
- sabbatical leave,
- scramming,
- secrecy,
- sick leave,
- skedaddle,
- skedaddling,
- the invisible,
- the unseen,
- truancy,
- truantism,
- unexcused absence,
- unperceivability,
- unseeableness,
- unsubstantiality,
- vacation,
- viewlessness