absence
noun
[ ˈabs(ə)ns ]
• the state of being away from a place or person.
• "the letter had arrived during his absence"
Similar:
non-attendance,
non-appearance,
absenteeism,
truancy,
playing truant,
truanting,
leave,
vacation,
sabbatical,
holiday,
skiving,
bunking off,
playing hooky,
goofing off,
ditching,
playing the wag,
wagging,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin absentia, from absens, absent- (see absent).
