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absentation

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ab⋅sent

  [adj., prep. ab-suhnt; v. ab-sent, ab-suhnt]
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–adjective
1. not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present ): absent from class.
2. lacking; nonexistent: Revenge is absent from his mind.
3. not attentive; preoccupied; absent-minded: an absent look on his face.
–verb (used with object)
4. to take or keep (oneself) away: to absent oneself from a meeting.
–preposition
5. in the absence of; without: Absent some catastrophe, stock-market prices should soon improve.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L absent- (s. of absēns, prp. of abesse to be away (ab- ab- + -s- be (see is ) + -ent- -ent ))

Related forms:
ab⋅sen⋅ta⋅tion  [ab-suhn-tey-shuhn] , noun
ab⋅sent⋅er, noun
ab⋅sent⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. out, off.

Antonyms:
1. present.
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Word Origin & History

absent  (adj.)
1382, from M.Fr. absent (O.Fr. ausent), from L. absentem (see absence). Absent-minded "preoccupied" is first recorded 1854. absent (v.) "keep away" is c.1400, from M.Fr. absenter, from L.L. absentare "cause to be away," from L. absentem.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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