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 One common meaning is: A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.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

1. noun. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
2. noun. Want; destitution; withdrawal.
3. noun. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
4. noun. failure to be present
5. noun. the state of being absent

   "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"

6. noun. 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
7. noun. the time interval during which something or somebody is away

   "he visited during my absence"

Common word forms

absences

Words from these letters

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