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noun

Absence n.

A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; opposed to presence. "Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence."

Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law."

Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind. "Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind." "To conquer that abstraction which is called absence."

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Etymology of 'Absence'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Absence" Quotes from Famous Books

... cause of his comrade's absence, Lecoq addressed himself to the head keeper: "It would seem that no one has ...

— Monsieur Lecoq • Emile Gaboriau

... proved to be wrong. It was a great thing his father had done. Of course he had sinned, of course his life had been unworthy. His treatment of his mother was the act of a dastardly coward—the base betrayal, the long absence, the marrying another woman—oh! it was all poor and mean and contemptible! Nothing but a coward, ay, a villain, could have done it. And yet there was something noble in his atonement. Of course sin must be followed by suffering and by hell. He saw that plain enough. He saw, ...

— The Day of Judgment • Joseph Hocking

... he murmured in a sickly voice, "I object. In the first place I don't know anything about this record—and I object to it on that ground; and in the second place a trial and conviction in the absence of a defendant under our law ...

— By Advice of Counsel • Arthur Train

... when I happened to be dining at the house, the absence of her father and the indisposition of her mother left us tete-a- tete in the smoking-room, whither she came to keep me company with my cigar. I saw that she was restless and with something on her mind to ...

— Love, The Fiddler • Lloyd Osbourne

... Luke 24:3, 12; John 20:1, 2. The fact that the tomb was empty is testified to by competent witnesses —both friends and enemies: by the women, the disciples, the angels, and the Roman guards. How shall we account for the absence of the body of Jesus from the tomb? That it had not been stolen by outside parties is evident from the testimony of the soldiers who were bribed to tell that story (Matt. 28:11-15). Such a guard ...

— The Great Doctrines of the Bible • Rev. William Evans

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