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    • absence :the state of being absent
      • he was surprised by the absence of any explanation

    • absence :the time interval during which something or somebody is away
      • he visited during my absence

    • absence :failure to be present

      • absence :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

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