Antonym: presence. Similar words: absent, abstinence, essence, sentence, in the presence of, fence, hence, science. Meaning: ['æbsəns] 
n. 1. the state of being absent 2. failure to be present 3. the time interval during which something or somebody is away 4. epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities).
n. 1. the state of being absent 2. failure to be present 3. the time interval during which something or somebody is away 4. epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities). 
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121) A military court sentenced him to death in his absence.
122) The teacher demanded an explanation for his absence from class.
123) In the absence of my commanding officer, I acted on my own initiative.
124) They both smiled; neither seemed likely to be aware of my absence for long.
124) Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
125) Attendance at the meeting was small, due in part to the absence of teachers.
126) When it came to cleaning up afterwards, the boys were conspicuous by their absence.
127) She asked for leave of absence to attend a funeral.
128) His absence implicates disagreement.
129) Was there any reason for this long absence?
130) In fact, they are conspicuous by their absence.
131) Clement founded seventy-five churches in his absence from Rome.
132) Total absence of humor renders life impossible. Colette 
133) Excellence despite the absence of young readers'?
134) How does she explain Dad's absence to the children?
135) Hilary was depressed at your long absence.
136) Furthermore, there was no affidavit explaining their absence.
137) His absence went unremarked .
138) Note particularly the total absence of adverbs.
139) I have assumed a complete absence of proofreading.
140) Faith is your guide in the absence of knowledge. Toba Beta
141) Things might be better between us after an absence.
142) One was the complete absence of physical evidence.
143) Absence makes the heart grow fonder... or forgetful. James Matthew Barrie
144) Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality. Edmund Burke
145) Absence - that common cure of love. Lord Byron
146) An aspect of this story was the total absence of the Doctor from Episodes Three and Four.
147) Women in this situation had an important role and training had helped them to manage during the husband's absence.
148) Furthermore, there appears to be a total absence of dentine, which is unexpected if conodonts are vertebrates.
149) I have complete absence of remorse in this saturation of pleasure.
150) The absence of military protection for the abolitionists in Alton lends credence to legal indifference that bound the country at this time.
More similar words: absent, abstinence, essence, sentence, in the presence of, fence, hence, science, commence, sequence, eloquence, credence, evidence, coherence, patience, penitence, residence, influence, deference, reference, impudence, experience, difference, experienced, preference, consequence, conference, ambivalence, malevolence, irreverence.