In Absentia Definition

ĭn ăb-sĕnshə, -shē-ə
adverb
Although not present.
To receive a college degree in absentia.
Webster's New World
noun
In the absence of.
Webster's New World Law

Origin of In Absentia

  • Latin in absentiā in in absentiā ablative of absentia absence

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin in + absentia, absence

    From Wiktionary

In Absentia Sentence Examples

  • Boulanger himself, having been tried and condemned in absentia for treason, in October 1889 went to live in Jersey, but nobody now paid much attention to his doings.

  • Mayer was something else—have a service, bury the guy in absentia and get him the hell off the books.

  • He said it lasted one hour, and that the suspected mastermind of the bombing, was charged in absentia.

  • Amanda Knox had no intention of leaving the US after she was retried and sentenced in an Italian court in absentia.

  • Dean took Thursday for five bucks, in absentia.

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IIN

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AIATIA

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