Absence

Noun

 * 1) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship.
 * 2) Want; lack; destitution; withdrawal.
 * 3) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.

Adjectives for Absence
utter; cautious; restful;  prolonged;  total; unaccounted; trying; oppressive; frequent; momentary; undutiful; perilous; considerable; striking; enforced;  protracted; continued;  pleasing;  unauthorized;  comparative; apparent; voluntary; everlasting; occasional; intermittent (plural).

Verbs for Absence
attend -; bear -; berate -, bewail -; deplore -; dote on -; endure -; lament -; mourn -; presuppose -; regret -; support by -; take advantage of -; wail -; grant -; yield to -; diminishes -; - draws; - grows; - increases; - kills; - lessens; - quickens.

Antonyms for Absence
presence

Thesaurus
abscondence; absence without leave; absentation; absenteeism; absenting; beggary; cut; day off; dearth; default; defect; defectiveness; deficiency; deficit; departure; deprivation; destitution; disappearance; drought; emptiness; escape; excused absence; exigency; famine; fleeing; furlough; holiday; hooky; imperfection; impoverishment; inadequacy; incompleteness; insufficiency; lack; leave; leave of absence; leaving; miss; necessity; need; negation; negativeness; negativity; nihility; nonappearance; nonattendance; nonbeing; nonentity; nonexistence; nonoccurrence; nonreality; nonsubsistence; not-being; nothingness; nullity; omission; paucity; privation; running away; sabbatical leave; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; sick leave; starvation; truancy; truantism; unactuality; unexcused absence; unreality; vacancy; vacation; vacuity; vacuum; void; want; wantage; AWOL; absent; absentee; absenteeism

Pronunciation

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