What is the meaning of absent?

verb

  • Go away or leave.
    • usage: "He absented himself"

adjective

  • Not being in a specified place.
  • Nonexistent.
    • usage: "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"
  • Lost in thought; showing preoccupation.
    • usage: "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"
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