absent
verb /æbˈsent/Definition
absent yourself formal › to not go to a place where you are expected to be, especially a school or place of work: You cannot choose to absent yourself (from work/school) on a whim.Absent
(Definition of absent verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- absence noun (NOT BEING PRESENT)
- absent adjective (NOT EXISTING)
- absent adjective (NOT PRESENT)
- absent preposition
- absentee noun
- be conspicuous by your absence idiom
- go AWOL idiom
- in absentia adverb
- lacuna noun
- miss verb (NOT DO)
- missing adjective
- missing person noun
- no-show noun
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- out adverb, preposition (ABSENT)
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