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absence definition

ab·sence (ab′səns)

noun

  1. the condition of being absent, or away
  2. the time of being away
  3. the fact of being without; lack in the absence of evidence
  4. inattentiveness

Etymology: ME < OFr < L absentia: see absent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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