absence

[Ab·sence]

Absence is the state of not being someplace, like school. It can also refer to the amount of time something has been, or plans to be gone.

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A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

Noun
failure to be present

Noun
the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"

Noun
epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities)

Noun
the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence"


n.
A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

n.
Want; destitution; withdrawal.

n.
Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.


Absence

Ab"sence , n. [F., fr. L. absentia. See Absent.] 1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence.
2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law." Kent. 3. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind. "Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind." Addison.
To conquer that abstraction which is called absence.

A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

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Usage Examples

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else.

Absence - that common cure of love.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

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