absence
Definition of abbreviation (noun) -
failure to appear; state of being away; state of being not presentPart of speech:
NounPlural: the noun 'absence' is usually uncountable which means it has no plural form.
Example sentences with this word:
He has certainly noticed our absence by now.
When you say something/someone is conspicuous by its/his/her absence, that means that the absence/omission is extremely obvious to people in general.
The two men made a handshake deal in the absence of solicitors.
Modern scholars believe Geoffry of Monmouth was so frustrated by the absence of a historical history of his people, he took a few legends and recreated them into coherent, but imaginative story.
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