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From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘from, away from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”).
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Absence ({{{1}}})
- A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.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
- Want; lack; destitution; withdrawal.
- In the absence of conventional law. - Kent
- Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
- Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind. - Joseph Addison
- To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. - Landor
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- presence
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- absence makes the heart grow fonder
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Etymology[]
From French absence from Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘of, by, from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”)
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Absence f.
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From Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘of, by, from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”).
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Absence f. (plural Absences)
- absence (state of being absent or withdrawn).
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From Old French absent, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“‘absent’”), present active participle of absum (“‘I am away or absent’”), from ab (“‘of, by, from’”) + sum (“‘I am’”).
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