Absence Definition

ăbsəns
noun
The state of being away.
American Heritage
The condition of being absent, or away.
Webster's New World
The time during which one is away.
American Heritage
The time of being away.
Webster's New World
Lack; want.
An absence of leadership.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Absence

Noun

Singular:
absence
Plural:
absences

Origin of Absence

  • From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, ausence, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”), from ab (“from, away from”) + sum (“I am”).

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