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noun
The state of being elsewhere
truancy, nonattendance, nonappearance, nonresidence, nonexistence, loss, vacancy, inattentiveness, absenteeism, cut*, hooky*. Antonyms
presence, appearance*, attendance. The state of lacking something
deficiency, need, lack, inadequacy; see lack 1.
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