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absence
noun /ˈæbsəns/
a) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; opposed to presence.

Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. - Phillippians 2:12

b) Want; lack; destitution; withdrawal.

In the absence of conventional law. - Kent

Ant: presence
See Also: absent, absentee, absenteeism

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