absent
- Adjective. Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
- Adjective. Not existing; lacking.
- Adjective. Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
- Preposition. In the absence of; without.
- Verb. (transitive, with reflexive pronoun) To go away from a place; to leave.
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To withhold from being present.
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