absent
adjective
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present).
absentness
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a word derived from
absent.
Example Sentences
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Most forcefully, she challenges what she says is a widespread misconception that dementia is a good way to go, a kind state of absentness that blinds the sufferer to the relentless decline towards death.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2010
In learning, goodheartedness, absentness of mind, and excessive ignorance of the world, he was a perfect Parson Adams.
From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by A. Turnbull
Already there had crept a certain absentness into the campaigner's voice.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
Upon the mother was a kind of absentness, as ever, as if she were exiled for all her life.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
On the edge of the bed, he found himself with one shoe unlaced, and, smiling at his absentness, relaced it.
From The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London
