Dictionary Entry
absence
absence is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
- 2noun
Want; destitution; withdrawal.
- 3noun
Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
- 4noun
failure to be present
- 5noun
the state of being absent
"he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
- 6noun
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
- 7noun
the time interval during which something or somebody is away
"he visited during my absence"
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