absence
Nouns
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(n) the state of being absent
- he was surprised by the absence of any explanation
- (n) failure to be present
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(n) the time interval during which something or somebody is away
- he visited during my absence
- (n) 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 absence seizure,