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noun

• (with definite article) Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.

• An absentee; a person who is not there.

adjective

• Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.

• Not existing; lacking.

  Example: The part was rudimental or absent.

• (sometimes comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.

preposition

• In the absence of; without; except.

  Example: Absent taxes modern governments cannot function.

verb

• To keep (oneself) away.

  Example: Most of the men are retired, jobless, or have otherwise temporarily absented themselves from the workplace.

• To keep (someone) away.

• Stay away; withdraw.

• Leave.