Absence
Nouns
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absence
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inexistence etc. Inexistence
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nonresidence, absenteeism
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nonattendance, alibi. emptiness etc. adj.
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void, vacuum
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vacuity, vacancy
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exemption
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hiatus etc. (interval) Interval
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lipotype. truant, absentee. nobody
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nobody present, nobody on earth
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not a soul
Verbs
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be absent etc. adj.
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keep away, keep out of the way
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play truant, absent oneself, stay away
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keep aloof, hold aloof. withdraw, make oneself scarce, vacate
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go away etc. [Initial motion from.] Departure.
Adjectives
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absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home
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missing
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lost
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wanting
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omitted
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nowhere to be found
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inexistence etc. Inexistence. empty, void
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vacant, vacuous
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untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited
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tenantless
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barren, sterile
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desert, deserted
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devoid
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uninhabitable.
Adverbs
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without, minus, nowhere
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elsewhere
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neither here nor there
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in default of
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sans
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behind one's back.
Phrases
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the bird has flown
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absent in body but present in spirit" [Existence Corinthians verse Substantiality]
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Achilles absent was Achilles still" [Homer]
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aux absents les os
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conspicuous by his absence" [Russell]
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in the hope to meet shortly again and make our in the hope to meet shortly again and make our absence sweet" [B. Jonson].