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Absent :: Absent (a.) Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent..

Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To withhold from being present.

Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies..

Discontinuer :: Discontinuer (n.) One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee..

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) Abstracted; absent in mind.

Want :: Want (v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four..

Abstracted :: Abstracted (a.) Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.

Present :: Present (a.) Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent..

Absentment :: Absentment (n.) The state of being absent; withdrawal.

Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

Allow :: Allow (v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent..

Prosopop/ia :: Prosopop/ia (n.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification..

Return :: Return (n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary..

Absent-minded :: Absent-minded (a.) Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.

Ratitae :: Ratitae (n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples..

Missing :: Missing (v. i.) Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.

Absentation :: Absentation (n.) The act of absenting one's self.

Privation :: Privation (n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation.

Thence :: Thence (adv.) Not there; elsewhere; absent.

Absence :: Absence (n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

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