noun. The state of being away.

noun. The time during which one is away.

noun. Lack; want.

noun. The state of being absent-minded; inattentiveness.

noun. The state of being absent; the state of being away or not present: as, speak no ill of one in his absence.

noun. The period of being away or absent: as, an absence of several weeks or years.

noun. The state of being wanting; non-existence at the place and time spoken of; want; lack: as, the absence of evidence.

noun. Absent-mindedness; inattention to things present: a shortened form of absence of mind.

noun. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

noun. Want; destitution; withdrawal.

noun. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).

noun. Lack of contact between blades.

noun. failure to be present

noun. the state of being absent

noun. the time interval during which something or somebody is away

noun. 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

"In woman very often voluptuous pleasure is entirely lacking; certainly such absence is far commoner in women than in men -- a condition of affairs which must on no account be confused with _absence of the sexual impulse_."

presence  

absence of mind  absent-mindedness  decree in absence  leave of absence  

absent  absentee  absenteeism  

absence makes the heart grow fonder  

interval  time interval  

advantage  amount  appearance  consequence  example  

AWOL  French leave  abscondence  absence without leave  absentation