1. absence

noun. ['ˈæbsəns'] the state of being absent.

Rhymes with Absence

• abeyance
• abhorrence
• abstinence
• abundance
• acceptance
• acceptance
• accordance
• acquaintance
• acquiescence
• adherence
• admittance
• adolescence
• adolescence
• adriance
• affluence
• agence
• allegiance
• alliance
• allowance
• ambiance

How do you pronounce absence?

Pronounce absence as ˈæbsəns.

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How to spell absence? Is it absense? Or abscence? Common misspellings are:

• absense
• abscence

Sentences with absence

1. Noun, singular or mass
Supply 1 inch of water weekly to the okra plants in the absence of rain until harvest time.

Quotes about absence

1. While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.
- Ray Kroc

2. Absence - that common cure of love.
- Lord Byron

3. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
- Thomas Fuller

2. absence

noun. ['ˈæbsəns'] failure to be present.

3. absence

noun. ['ˈæbsəns'] 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.

4. absence

noun. ['ˈæbsəns'] the time interval during which something or somebody is away.