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All absence synonyms

ab·sence
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noun absence

  • deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
  • drought — A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this.
  • lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
  • omission — the act of omitting.
  • dearth — If there is a dearth of something, there is not enough of it.
  • cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
  • vacancy — the state of being vacant; emptiness.
  • hooky — unjustifiable absence from school, work, etc. (usually used in the phrase play hooky): On the first warm spring day the boys played hooky to go fishing.
  • absenteeism — Absenteeism is the fact or habit of frequently being away from work or school, usually without a good reason.
  • truancy — the act or state of being truant.
  • nonattendance — failure to attend: Members of the society can be dropped for chronic nonattendance.
  • awol — If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
  • nonappearance — failure to appear, as in a court.
  • privation — lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
  • void — Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
  • inadequacy — Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
  • insufficiency — deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy: insufficiency of supplies.
  • want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
  • need — a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
  • unavailability — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
  • french leave — Sometimes Offensive. a departure without ceremony, permission, or notice: Taking French leave, he evaded his creditors.
  • time off — holiday, vacation from work
  • nonexistence — absence of existence.
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