Definition of Absent

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Absent

Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.

Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.

Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air.

To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.

To withhold from being present.

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Absent Quotations

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Benjamin Franklin

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent.
John Calvin

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
Earl Nightingale

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.
Blaise Pascal

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.
John Locke

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.
Ambrose Bierce

Never find fault with the absent.
Alexander Pope

Absent Translations

absent in Dutch is verstrooid
absent in Finnish is poissaoleva
absent in French is absent
absent in German is abwesend, abwesend, fernbleiben
absent in Italian is mancante, restar lontano, assente
absent in Latin is absens, absentis, desum
absent in Portuguese is ausente
absent in Spanish is ausente

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