absences

Meanings

Noun

• the state of being absent
• failure to be present
• the time interval during which something or somebody is away
• 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
• plural of absence

Synonyms

absence, absence seizure

Antonyms

presence