absence
absence is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law." Kent.
- 2.Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind. "Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind." Addison. To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. Landor.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abra
- abysm
- abyss
- and
- any
- aphonia
- aphonous
- aphony
- barranca
- bated
- between
- breach
- breachy
- break
- breath
- breathless
- broken
- caesura
- canon
- cavernous
- chap
- chasm
- childish
- chink
- cipher
- cleft
- clove
- compressibility
- compressible
- crack
- cracked
- cranny
- creek
- crevasse
- crevice
- cut
- deaf
- defile
- deodorant
- deodorization
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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