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(noun) failure to be present |
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Related Words: absenteeism, cut, default, nonattendance |
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Antonyms: presence |
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(noun) the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation" |
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Related Words: awayness, deficiency, lack, nonoccurrence, want |
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Antonyms: presence |
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(noun) the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence" |
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Related Words: interval, time interval |
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(noun) epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities) |
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Synonyms: petit mal epilepsy |
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Related Words: complex absence, epilepsy, pure absence, simple absence, subclinical absence |
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