Absents

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The state of not being present or available in a particular place; a lack of participation or attendance in an event or setting; the condition of being missing or not accounted for in a given situation
2. The absence from a location or gathering as a sign of non-presence; a noticeable gap in attendance or engagement in a specific context; a situation where someone or something is not found or is unobservable
3. The act or quality of not appearing at a designated place; an absence of involvement or contribution during an occurrence; referring to a person or thing that is not present or is disregarded in discussions

Etymology: This is an inflected form: the third-person singular present of the verb "absent," meaning to keep oneself away from a place or occasion. The verb comes from Late Latin "absentāre," meaning "keep away, be away," which entered English through Old French "absenter" and Middle English "absenten." The Latin verb it descends from is built from "ab," meaning "away," and "sum," meaning "to be," so the literal sense is simply "to be away from." Its Latin root is a present participle, "absens," which English took as the adjective "absent" in Middle English, through Middle French and Old French "ausent." The adjective and verb are thus two English descendants of the same Latin family, with the adjective arriving first and the verb developing from the Late Latin verb afterward.

Synonyms: misses, skips, avoids, neglects

Antonyms: attends, appears, arrives, participates