absence

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I hope he won't do that, as his absence has been a terrible inconvenience to me."

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  1. noun The state of being away.
  2. noun The time during which one is away.
  3. noun Lack; want: an absence of leadership.
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  • The NCP's official explanation for his absence was a "technical" snag in his plane. —  Daily News & Analysis
  • Conspicuous in their absence are any connections at all with any other group, moderate, or even mildly leftist. —  Latest Articles
  • All missed them, but none so much as Effie; for mingled with regret for their absence was a feeling very like self-reproach that she had permitted Christie to go. —  Christie Redfern's Troubles
  • We must find out whether he wants you again, or your absence is a relief to him. —  Paul Faber, Surgeon
  • I hope he won't do that, as his absence has been a terrible inconvenience to me." —  The Last Chronicle of Barset
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  1. from Middle English absence, from Old French absence, ausence, French absence = Spanish Portuguese ausencia = Italian assenza, from Latin absentia, absence, from absen(t-)s, absent: see absent, adjective
 

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