absent🔊

Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.

Not existing; lacking.

Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.

Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.

(obsolete, Scotland) An absentee; a person who is not there.

In the absence of; without; except.

To keep (oneself) away.

(archaic) To keep (someone) away.

(obsolete) Stay away; withdraw.

(rare) Leave.