LekhoriLekhoriBeing away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.
Owing to his own illness and then his family's, Ramzi has often been absent from class this month. We will help him catch up with his studies.
Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
Tom was there, but he seemed absent and withdrawn. Normally he is quite present [= engaged] during a meeting.
Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.
The Applause he met with exceeds all belief of the Absent.
An absentee; a person who is not there.
In the absence of; without; except.
Absent taxes modern governments cannot function.
From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).
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To keep (someone) away.
Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more;
Stay away; withdraw.
The iron rule of the plantation, always passionately and violently enforced in that neighborhood, makes flogging the penalty of failing to be in the field before sunrise in the morning, unless special permission be given to the absenting slave.