Definitions for absence

absence ab·sence

Spelling: [ab-suh ns]
IPA: /ˈæb səns/

Absence is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in absence (abceens).

Definitions for absence

noun

  1. state of being away or not being present:
  2. period of being away:
  3. failure to attend or appear when expected.
  4. lack; deficiency:
  5. inattentiveness; preoccupation; absent-mindedness:

Origin of absence

1350-1400; Middle English Middle French Latin absentia. See absent, -ia

Examples for absence

Decidedly, Dick had been a godsend, and his absence would be a calamity.

In the absence of typical classrooms and curriculums, West Africans have opted for alternate methods of learning and education.

Then came that man, he filled her heart with illusions, and took her away in my absence.

I should never have comfort but in his absence, or when I was quarreling with him.

Milza was the first to observe that her absence was unusually protracted.

How do you celebrate when happy occasions are colored by loss and absence?

So filmmakers usually resort to a plot device to compensate for this absence.

Courage, one recalls, is not the absence of fear but the ability to act in the face of it.

In the absence of cultural shifts, then, new reproductive technology might not matter as much for women as it would for men.

"I want leave of absence to-day, sir," he said, speaking hurriedly.

Word Value for absence
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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