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==Origins==
Anglo-Norman abscence, absens, Anglo-Norman and Middle French absence (French absence) (of a [[person]]) [[state]] of being absent (beginning of the 13th cent. in Old French), want or lack of a [[thing]] (1322)
==Definitions==
*1. a. The [[state]] of [[being]] absent or away from a place, or from the company of a [[person]] or persons. Also occas.: an instance of this. Freq. with possessive adjectives. <u>Contrasted with [[presence]].</u> in (also during) the absence of : while is absent. conspicuous by its absence: see CONSPICUOUS adj. 2b. far absence: see FAR adj. 1a. leave of absence: see LEAVE n.1 1e.
:b. in absence: while absent; with a person or people being absent. Now formal (chiefly [[Law]]): = in absentia at IN prep.2 1. decree in absence: see DECREE n. 4c.
:c. An occasion on which a person is absent; a period of absence.
*2. Want, lack, privation, or failure of something; an instance of this. in the absence of: owing to the lack of; in view of the lack of.
*3. a. Inattention; failure to concentrate; mental preoccupation or abstraction; an instance of this. Freq. in absence of [[mind]].
:b. Med. Sudden, very brief loss or alteration of [[consciousness]], sometimes with small abnormal movements of the eyelids, head, or arms, which is the typical form of seizure in petit mal and certain other forms of epilepsy; an instance of this. Freq. attrib., esp. in absence attack, absence epilepsy, absence seizure.
*4. A person or thing which is absent (cf. PRESENCE n. 4b). Obs. rare.
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==Origins==
Anglo-Norman abscence, absens, Anglo-Norman and Middle French absence (French absence) (of a [[person]]) [[state]] of being absent (beginning of the 13th cent. in Old French), want or lack of a [[thing]] (1322)
==Definitions==
*1. a. The [[state]] of [[being]] absent or away from a place, or from the company of a [[person]] or persons. Also occas.: an instance of this. Freq. with possessive adjectives. <u>Contrasted with [[presence]].</u> in (also during) the absence of : while is absent. conspicuous by its absence: see CONSPICUOUS adj. 2b. far absence: see FAR adj. 1a. leave of absence: see LEAVE n.1 1e.
:b. in absence: while absent; with a person or people being absent. Now formal (chiefly [[Law]]): = in absentia at IN prep.2 1. decree in absence: see DECREE n. 4c.
:c. An occasion on which a person is absent; a period of absence.
*2. Want, lack, privation, or failure of something; an instance of this. in the absence of: owing to the lack of; in view of the lack of.
*3. a. Inattention; failure to concentrate; mental preoccupation or abstraction; an instance of this. Freq. in absence of [[mind]].
:b. Med. Sudden, very brief loss or alteration of [[consciousness]], sometimes with small abnormal movements of the eyelids, head, or arms, which is the typical form of seizure in petit mal and certain other forms of epilepsy; an instance of this. Freq. attrib., esp. in absence attack, absence epilepsy, absence seizure.
*4. A person or thing which is absent (cf. PRESENCE n. 4b). Obs. rare.
[[Category: General Reference]]
