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absent
1. adjective /ˈæb.sənt/
a) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.

Expecting absent friends.

b) Not existing; lacking.

The part was rudimental or absent.

Ant: present
See Also: absence, absentee, absenteeism
2. preposition /ˈæb.sənt/
Without.

If the accused refuse upon demand to pay money or deliver property (absent any excuse or excusing circumstance) which came into his hands as a bailee, such refusal might well constitute some evidence of conversion, with the requisite fraudulent intent required by the statute.

3. verb /ˈæb.sənt/
To go away from a place; to leave.

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