Ab'sence, n.

n. [Lat. absentia, Fr. absence, Pr. absencia, absensa. See ABSENT.] 1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship. The advantage of his absence took the king. Shak.

2. Want; destitution. “In the absence of conventional law.” Kent.
3. Inattention to things present; heedlessness. “Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind.” Addison.

To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. Landor.