Word Meanings - ABSENTATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton.
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- ABSENTATION
The act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton. - ABSENTEEISM
The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated. - ABSENTEE
One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee. Macaulay. - ABSENTANEOUS
Pertaining to absence. - HAMILTON PERIOD
A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology. - ABSENTER
One who absents one's self. - ABSENT-MINDED
Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv. - ABSENTNESS
The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller. - ABSENTMENT
The state of being absent; withdrawal. Barrow. - ABSENTLY
In an absent or abstracted manner. - ABSENT
1. Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present. "Expecting absent friends." Shak. 2. Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent. 3. Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air.