Absence
Absence ({not transcribed}) , noun
[French, from Latin absentia. See Absent.]
1.
A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence.
2.
Want; destitution; withdrawal.
In the absence of conventional law.
3.
Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind.
To conquer that abstraction which is called absence.