Absence

Definitions: Absence

Absence

Noun

1. The state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation".

2. Failure to be present.

3. The time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence".

4. Epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "absence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Absence \Ab"sence\, noun. [French expression, from the Latin expression absentia. See Absent.]. (Websters 1913)

Dream Interpretation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Absence

Exemption

Noun: exemption; absence; exception, immunity, privilege, release.

Inexistence

Noun: inexistence; nonexistence, nonsubsistence; nonentity, nil; negativeness; Adjective: nullity; nihility, nihilism; tabula rasa, blank; abeyance; absence; no such thing; nonbeing, nothingness, oblivion.

Zero

Noun: zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts, nixie, nix; zilch, zip, zippo; not a soul; ame qui vive; absence; unsubstantiality.

Crosswords: Absence

Czech (absence, non attendance, nonattendance), Danish (absence, petit mal), Dutch (absence), French (absence, absentness, non attendance), Spanish (absentia).

Real peace is not just the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice. (Air Force One; writing credit: Andrew W. Marlowe)

People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

And in the absence of a repressive milieu, your societal niche has been co-opted. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Have the Q always had had an absence of manners, or is it the result of some natural evolutionary process that comes with omnipotence? (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart)

It just dawned on me! This scroll of Broken Sword's isn't about sword technique but about swordsmanship's ultimate ideal. Swordsmanship's first achievement is the unity of man and sword. Once this unity is attained, even a blade of grass can be a weapon. The second achievement is when the sword exists in one's heart when absent from one's hand. One can strike an enemy at 100 paces, even with bare hands. Swordsmanship's ultimate achievement is the absence of the sword in both hand and heart. (Ying xiong; writing credit: Feng Li; Bin Wang)

In the absence of security ("Fastlove"; performing artist: George Michael)

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Quality is presence of value and not absence of mistake. (references; author: unknown)

If absence makes the heart grow fonder, some people must really love church. (references; author: unknown)

Presence is more than just being there. If your absence doesn't make any difference, your presence won't either. (references; author: unknown)

Une aussi longue absence (1960)

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (1925)

The Absence of War (1995)

Leave of Absence (1994)

L' Absence (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• In the Absence of Sun: A Korean American Woman's Promise to Reunite Three Lost Generations of Her Family (reference)

• In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations (reference)

• Pablo Neruda: Absence and Presence (reference)

• The Absence of Nectar (reference)

• The Color of Absence : 12 Stories About Loss and Hope (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Disability Leave & Absence Reporter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Absence of Malice (reference)

• Absence of the Good (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Absence of Sanity (reference)

• Cold Is the Absence of Heat (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health is more than the absence of disease.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

His goods, which nature, that willeth the preservation of all mankind as much as is possible, hath made to belong to the children to keep them from perishing, do still continue to belong to his children: for supposing them not to have joined in the war, either thro'infancy, absence, or choice, they have done nothing to forfeit them: nor has the conqueror any right to take them away, by the bare title of having subdued him that by force attempted his destruction; though perhaps he may have some right to them, to repair the damages he has sustained by the war, and the defence of his own right; which how far it reaches to the possessions of the conquered, we shall see by and by. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 5: The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. (reference)

But this state of things finds its complement in the practical absence of the family among the proletarians, and in public prostitution. (reference)

"That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States." (Abraham Lincoln)

In the absence of such Convention, the project for revision shall be in conformity with the principles of Articles 332 to 337 above. (reference)

The warnings required and the waiver needed are, in the absence of a fully effective equivalent, prerequisites to the admissibility of any statement, inculpatory or exculpatory, made by a defendant. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They had been speaking of it as they walked about Highbury the day before, and Frank Churchill had most earnestly lamented her absence.

We regret their absence.

This was plain from the entire absence of young priests about him.

I have been long a sleeper, but I trust My absence doth neglect no great design Which by my presence might have been concluded.

I landed the next morning, and saw once more my native country after an absence of five years and six months complete.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Anergy - Absence of immune response to particular substances. (references)

For absence seizures, ethosuximide is often the primary treatment. (references)

Childhood absence epilepsy usually stops when the child reaches puberty. (references)

Business

Larger units run into the obstacle posed by the absence of the necessary cranes in Argentina. (references)

High degree of technological obsolescence and absence of domestic technology have increased dependence on imported products. (references)

In fact, industry experts in China have long pointed out that in this subsector, U.S. companies are notable for their absence. (references)

Children

Tajikistan

Persons with disabilities suffer from high unemployment and widespread discrimination as a result of financial constraints and the absence of basic technology to assist. (references)

Afghanistan

According to a report of the Gender Advisor to the U.N. system in Afghanistan, the educational sector suffered from: Limited human and financial resources; the absence of a national educational policy and curriculum; the inability of authorities to rehabilitate destroyed facilities; and discriminatory policies banning the access of females to all levels of education. (references)

Civil Liberties

Jordan

The academics were protesting the absence of employment opportunities at local universities. (references)

Discrimination

Ukraine

The Constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, and other grounds; however, due in part to the absence of an effective judicial system, the Government does not enforce these provisions effectively. (references)

Economic History

Bulgaria

There has also been an absence of trained professional trustees. (references)

Pakistan

Other firms have noted the absence of provisions for registering service marks. (references)

Human Rights

Cambodia

Many appeals thus are heard in the absence of the defendant. (references)

Libya

Such trials often are held in secret or even in the absence of the accused. (references)

Haiti

The populace routinely resorts to vigilante actions in the absence of reliable means of legal redress. (references)

Minorities

Fiji

Many Indo-Fijians, particularly farmers, believe that the absence of secure land tenure discriminates against them. (references)

Ecuador

Afro-Ecuadorian organizations note that despite the absence of official discrimination, societal discrimination continues to affect them, including stereotyping. (references)

Political Economy

Finland

Aho took a one-year leave of absence in 2000-2001 to lecture and study at Harvard University. (references)

Political Rights

Tanzania

Voting irregularities during the 2000 elections included the late arrival and absence of ballots, and the late opening of polling stations. (references)

Jordan

Executive power is vested in the King (or, in his absence, in the Regent), who exercises his power through his ministers in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. (references)

Georgia

The local governments elected in November 1998 were expected to have more authority over local government; however, lack of funding from the central government (in lieu of an independent tax base), corruption, and the absence of legislative guidelines have made it difficult for them to exercise authority. (references)

Trade

Ireland

Certain food products must show particulars of place of origin, where its absence might mislead the consumer to a material degree. (references)

Hungary

Furthermore, the absence of a prior notice or review period often leaves companies with little opportunity to influence the outcome or plan ahead. (references)

Luxembourg

Luxembourg is considered a tax haven due to its bank secrecy regulations, absence of exchange controls, lack of withholding on interest, and politically stable environment. (references)

Travel

Chad

Customs will determine the duty based on the invoice value or, in the absence of an invoice, the estimated value calculated by Customs office. (references)

Ukraine

As noted above, given the absence of a strong, transparent legal infrastructure, your deal may in the end depend on the trust you have painstakingly built over many months or years. (references)

Women

Lebanon

Possible loss of custody of children and the absence of an independent source of income also prevent women from leaving their husbands. (references)

Worker Rights

Belgium

The agreement also provides extended leaves of absence for parental reasons. (references)

Madagascar

This right extends to EPZ's, where strikes occurred during the year even in the absence of organized unions. (references)

Malawi

The law provides for the establishment of industrial councils in the absence of collective agreements for sector-level bargaining. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "absence": absence d'esprit ♦ absence makes the heart grow fonder ♦ absence of aid ♦ absence of change ♦ absence of design ♦ absence of earth ♦ absence of evidence ♦ absence of government ♦ absence of ground ♦ absence of mind ♦ absence of proof ♦ absence without leave ♦ briller par son absence ♦ complex absence ♦ in absence ♦ in the absence ♦ in the absence of ♦ judged in absence ♦ justified absence from work ♦ leave of absence ♦ on leave of absence ♦ pure absence ♦ recoverable absence leave ♦ sickness absence ♦ simple absence ♦ subclinical absence ♦ unauthorized absence. Additional references.

Beginning with "absence": absence-mindedness, absence-prone.

Ending with "absence": leave-of-absence, near-absence, presence-absence, sick-absence.

Afrikaan

afwesigheid (absentness, non-attendance), absensie (absentness, non-attendance). (various references)

Albanian

mungesë (absentness, dearth, deficiency, deficit, destitution, lack, Miss, non-attendance, poverty, scarcity, shortcoming, short-fall, want, Wantage). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فقدان (bereavement, deprivation, destitution, forfeit, forfeiture, lack, loss, nonexistence, privation), ‏غياب (non attendance, obscurity), ‏ذهول (abstractedness, amazement, astonishment, bewilderment, distraction, maze, stun, stupefaction, stupor, trance), ‏إنعدام, ‏شرود (divagation, excursion, roaming, wandering). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разсеяност (absence of mind, absentmindedness, abstractedness, abstraction, distraction, forgetfulness, preoccupation, vacancy, wool gathering), отсъствие (default, lack), липса (default, defect, deficiency, failure, lack, penury, poverty, privation, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, stringency, ullage, want). (various references)

Chinese 

缺席 (Absent, Absently). (various references)

Czech

absence (non attendance, nonattendance), roztržitost (absentmindedness, abstractedness, abstraction, preoccupation), nepřítomnost, nedostatek (defect, deficiency, deficit, demerit, drawback, failing, failure, fault, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, non-availability, penury, poverty, privation, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, want). (various references)

Danish

mangel (defect, defect in printing, deficiency, deficit, lack, shortage, shortcoming), fraværelse (absentness, non-attendance), absence (absence of mind, absentmindedness, petit mal, temporary loss of consciousness). (various references)

Dutch

mangel (absentness, mangle, wringer), afwezigheid (absentness, deficiency, lack, non-attendance, shortage, shortcoming), absentie (absentness). (various references)

Esperanto

manko (lack, shortage, shortcoming), foresto, foresteco (non-attendance). (various references)

Faeroese

gáloysi (absence of mind, absentness). (various references)

Farsi 

فقدان (Lack, Loss, Want), نبودن (Lack), غیاب , غیبت , حالت غیاب . (various references)

Finnish

poissaolo (absenteeism, absentness, nonappearance, nonattendance, non-attendance). (various references)

French

Absence (absence of mind, absentmindedness, absentness), manque. (various references)

Frisian

brekme (deficiency, lack, shortage, shortcoming), ôfwêzigens (absentness). (various references)

German

Abwesenheit (absentness, abstraction, non-attendance), Fehlen (be absent, be away, be lacking, be missed, be missing, deficiency, failure, lack, lapse, Miss, nonexistence, shortage, shortcoming, to be absent, to lack), Mangel (bad work, blemish, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, deficit, desideratum, drought, fault, flaw, imperfection, lack, mangle, need, needs, paucity, penury, poverty, privation, privations, rotary iron, scarcities, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, vise, want, wringer), Absenz (temporary loss of consciousness). (various references)

Greek 

απουσία (default). (various references)

Hawaiian

mungesë (absentness, non-attendance). (various references)

Hebrew 

אי � וכחות, אפיס�" (cessation, lack, stoppage), חסור (lack, reduction, subtraction), �"פס�" (damage, forfeiture, loss), �"ע�"רות (absenteeism, absentness, default, non attendance), �"ע�"ר (lack, want), � פק�"ות (absenteeism). (various references)

Hungarian

hiány (blank, dearth, defect, deficiency, deficit, deprivation, failure, hiatus, lack, missing, missing link, poverty, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, upchuck, want, wastage). (various references)

Indonesian

ketidakhadiran (absenteeism), ketiadaan (devoid), kemangkiran, kekurangan (dearth, dearth of, default, deficiency, demerit, famine, lack, short of, shortage). (various references)

Italian

assenza (absentness, mild epilepsy, non attendance, temporary loss of consciousness), mancanza (default, defect, deficiency, empty cells, fail patch, failed patch, failing, failure, fault, lack, Lacuna, lag, lapse, misses, shortage, shortcoming, want). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

留守 (being away from home), お休み (Good night, holiday, rest), � 勤 , � 席 (non-attendance), � � � (not taking part), 御休み (Good night, holiday, rest), 休み (holiday, moulting, recess, respite, rest, suspension, vacation), 不在 , 不参 (nonappearance, nonattendance). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おやすみ (Good night, holiday, rest), ふざい, ふさ�" (nonappearance, nonattendance), るす (being away from home), やすみ (holiday, moulting, recess, respite, rest, suspension, vacation), けつじょう (knotted cord or rope, not taking part), けっき�", けっせき (calculus, non-attendance). (various references)

Korean 

휴무. (various references)

Manx

shaghrynys (abberation, bewilderment, blunder, confusion, deviation, deviousness, error, gaffe, hallucination, maze, mental alienation, quibble, truancy), assaaraght (absenteeism), assaar. (various references)

Norwegian

mangel (defect, deficiency, flaw, lack), fravær. (various references)

Papiamen

ousensia (absentness, non-attendance), manko (deficiency, lack, shortage, shortcoming). (various references)

Pig Latin

absenceay.(various references)

Polish

brak (deficiency, lack, shortage, shortcoming). (various references)

Portuguese

ausência (absence of mind, absentmindedness, default, negation, non believer, privation, temporary loss of consciousness, want), falta (attenuation, default, defect, deficiency, degrade, empty cells, fade, fail, failing, failure, fault, flaw, forfeit, foul, guilt, lack, Lacuna, lag, misconduct, miss, misses, mistake, need, non attendance, omission, paucity, penurity, penury, privation, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, slip, want, Wantage). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

falta. (various references)

Romanian

absentare (away), absenţã (default, poverty, privation, shortage, wanting), lipsã (blemish, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, demerit, destitution, drawback, failure, fault, gap, hardship, imperfection, lack, minus, mistake, necessity, neediness, out, paucity, penury, poverty, privation, scantiness, scarceness, shortage, shortcoming, stinginess, stringency, vice, want), inexistenţã (nonentity, non-existence, nothingness, privation). (various references)

Russian 

отсутствие (absences, absentation, absentia, lack), неявка (default). (various references)

Scottish

neo- (pref. implying the absence of the quality expressed by the, un-). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udaljenje (removal), odsustvo (furlough, leave), nedolazak (non attendance), izostanak (non attendance, truancy). (various references)

Spanish

ausencia (absence of mind, absentia, absentmindedness, absentness, dearth, deficiency, lack, non attendance, non-appearance, non-arrival, temporary loss of consciousness, vacancy, want), falta (bankruptcy, blemish, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, deficit, empty cells, error, fade, fail, failing, failure, fault, foul, infringement, is lacking, lack, lag, lapse, literal mistake, misconduct, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, misprint, misses, mistake, need, out of, paucity, shortage, shortcoming, shortness, silence, slip, want). (various references)

Swedish

frånvaro (abscense, absentness, lack, non attendance, non-attendance), brist (dearth, defect, deficiency, deficit, demerit, desideratum, destitution, disadvantage, failing, failure, fault, flaw, imperfection, lack, need, poverty, scarcity, scarity, shortage, shortcoming, short-fall, want, warp). (various references)

Turkish

yokluk (absentness, dearth, exiguity, failure, famine, hardship, lack, neediness, nonappearance, non-appearance, nonexistence, non-existence, nudity, penury, poverty, privation, shortage, Strait, straits, tightness, want). (various references)

Turkmen 

propusk (r) (blank, omission), яokluk (poverty). (various references)

Ukranian 

відсутність (destitution, discontinuity, non-availability, nothing, privation, want), відлучка, неуважність (absentmindedness, abstractedness, abstraction, carelessness, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, negligence, obliviousness, oscitancy, oscitation, wool gathering), недостача (dearth, failure, lack, need, non-availability, penury, poverty, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, shortness, want), недостатність (beggarliness, insufficience, insufficiency, paucity, scantiness, weakness), залишення (abandonment, desertion, leaving, relinquishment, vacation), перевірка (approof, assay, audit, check, checkup, proof, review, revise, verification). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thời gian vắng mặt, sự vắng mặt (non-attendance), sự đi vắng, lúc đi vắng sự thiếu. (various references)

Welsh

absenoliaeth, absenoliad, absenoldeb, absen (slander). (various references)

absentia, calvitio, calvitium. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "absence": absences. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Absence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abence, abience, abosence, absance, abscence, absen, absency, absense, absente, absnce, abstence, Agscene, Ausencio, Bassene, Habeneck, obsence. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: encase, seance, seneca.

-2 letters: acnes, banes, beans, benes, canes, cease, cense, nabes, scena, scene.

-3 letters: aces, acne, anes, bane, bans, base, bean, been, bees, bene, bens, cabs, cane, cans, case, cees, ease, nabe, nabs, nebs, sabe, sane, scab, scan, seen, sene.

-4 letters: abs, ace, ane, ban, bas, bee, ben, cab, can, cee, ens, nab, nae, neb, nee, sab, sac, sae, sea, sec, see, sen.

-5 letters: ab, ae, an, as, ba, be, en, es, na, ne.

+1 letter: absences.

+2 letters: abeyances, ambiences, bechances, cabernets, cabezones, obeisance, screwbean, semblance.

+3 letters: abducentes, aberrances, abeyancies, abjectness, abstinence, ascendable, ascendible, blackeners, buccaneers, canebrakes, celebrants, censurable, encashable, greenbacks, lambencies, licensable, obeisances, observance, rebalances, rebranches, screenable, screwbeans, semblances.

+4 letters: aberrancies, abhorrences, abstinences, arborescent, backbenches, baronetcies, benefactors, benzocaines, blacknesses, cabinetries, capableness, carabineers, compensable, condensable, confessable, contestable, conversable, crabbedness, cranberries, curableness, discernable, exuberances, glabrescent, increasable, inescapable, inexcusable, injectables, linebackers, observances, reprobances, resemblance, shacklebone, subagencies, tabernacles, unescapable.

+5 letters: abecedarians, abjectnesses, absorbencies, ambivalences, amicableness, antechambers, arborescence, backbenchers, benchwarmers, benefactions, benefactress, beneficiates, benignancies, buccaneerish, celebrations, centerboards, cerebrations, chinaberries, considerable, culpableness, decarbonates, decarbonizes, embracements, encumbrances, exorbitances, forbearances, greenbackers, greenbackism, inaccessible, inobservance, overbalances, remembrances, resemblances, ribonuclease, rubefacients, shacklebones, sociableness, subjacencies, subtenancies, supercabinet, unsearchable.

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