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absent

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absent in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. go away or leave
    "He absented himself"
    absent  remove 
adjective
  1. not being in a specified place
    absent 
  2. lost in thought; showing preoccupation
    "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"
    absent  absentminded  abstracted  scatty 
  3. nonexistent
    "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"
    lacking  absent  missing  wanting 
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