absence
ab suhns
- n the state of being absent
he was surprised by the absence of any explanation - n failure to be present
- n the time interval during which something or somebody is away
he visited during my absence - n the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
- The closer Galactica came to Earth, the closer it came to God or gods, or the absence thereof.
- Given the absence of absolutely identifiable sources, we set about verifying the documents to the greatest extent possible.
- That absence seems to have started at almost precisely the time she began tending the poor and dying in Calcutta, and except for a five-week break in 1959 never abated.