1. absence

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

Rhymes with Subclinical Absence

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.