absence

absence has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• 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 A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.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.
• n.. failure to be present
• n.. the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
• n.. the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
• n.. the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence"