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Meaning of absence

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  absence
      n 1: the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence
           of any explanation" [ant: {presence}]
      2: failure to be present [ant: {presence}]
      3: the time interval during which something or somebody is away;
         "he visited during my absence"
      4: 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 [syn: {absence}, {absence
         seizure}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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