absence
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
absence/ˈabsəns/
▶noun
- 1 the state of being away from a place or person.
- 2 (absence of) the non-existence or lack of.
'absence' also found in these Oxford entries:
ABO system
- abulia
- achlorhydria
- albino
- alopecia
- amenorrhoea
- amicable
- anaerobe
- anaerobic
- anarchy
- anergy
- anoxia
- asepsis
- asyndeton
- atresia
- azoospermia
- barbarism
- black
- break
- breathing
- bye
- calm
- chance
- charcoal
- clean
- coke
- compassionate leave
- congé
- conspicuous
- contingency
- Counsellor of State
- dark
- default
- deputy
- despair
- dis-
- ease
- exeat
- facility
- field
- flash memory
- French leave
- furlough
- homesick
- Hurler's syndrome
- hypogonadism
- in absentia
- Josephson junction
- lack
