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noun - A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
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- Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my . Phillippians 2:12
- Want; lack; destitution; withdrawal.
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- In the of conventional law. - Kent
- Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
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- Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind. - Addison
- To conquer that abstraction which is called . - Landor
Etymology: French, from Latin absentia. See also absent.
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