absence

absence
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
State of being away
Nouns
1. (not being here) absence, nonresidence, noninhabitance, non-presence, nonattendance, absenteeism, truancy, hooky, family leave; French leave; nonexistence.
2. (lack of contents) emptiness, void, vacuum, vacuity, vacancy; blank, clean slate; aching void. See space, insubstantiality.
3. (one who is not present) absentee, truant; missing person, MIA; absentee landlord or owner. Informal, no-show.
4. (phrases) nobody present, not a soul, nary a soul, nobody under the sun, nary a one, no one, no man, never a one.
5. lack (See insufficiency).
Verbs — be absent, absent oneself, stay or keep away, keep out of the way, play truant, play hooky, take French leave, go AWOL, absent oneself without [official] leave; slip away (See escape); keep or hold aloof; withdraw, vacate (See departure). Informal, not show up, make oneself scarce. Slang, cut [out].
Adjectives
1. (not present) absent, nonattendant, not present, away, nonresident, missing, missing in action, lost, wanting, omitted, nowhere to be found, out of sight, gone, lacking, away from home, truant, absent without [official] leave, AWOL; abroad, oversea[s], on vacation; gone with the wind. Informal, minus.
2. (having no contents) empty, vacant, void, vacuous, untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited, tenantless; devoid, bare, hollow, blank.
Adverbs — nowhere; elsewhere; neither here nor there, neither hide nor hair; somewhere else, not here. Dial., nowheres.
Prepositions — in absentia, without, less, minus, sans; wanting (See insufficiency).
Phrases — absence makes the heart grow fonder; out of sight, out of mind; when the cat's away, the mice will play; absence is the mother of disillusion; a little absence does much good; nature abhors a vacuum.
Antonyms, See presence.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The state of being elsewhere]
Syn. truancy, nonattendance, nonappearance, nonresidence, nonexistence, loss, vacancy, inattentiveness, absenteeism, cut*, hooky*.
Ant. presence, appearance*, attendance.
2. [The state of lacking something]
Syn. deficiency, need, lack, inadequacy; see lack 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. nonattendance AWOL, nonappearance, truancy.
2. lacking dearth, need, want, privation, void, vacuum.
ANT.: 1. attendance, presence. 2. fulfillment, abundance
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Failure to be present: nonattendance. Law: nonappearance. See ABSENCE. 2. The condition of lacking a needed or usual amount: dearth, lack, want. See EXCESS.

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