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The state of not being at a particular place, especially when one's attendance is expected
A break from one's regular job or work
The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school
The state of being devoid of something
The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied
The state of being unavailable
The absence or opposite of something actual or positive
The state of not existing
The action of excluding or leaving out someone or something
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Noun
▲
The state of not being at a particular place, especially when one's attendance is expected
nonappearance
nonattendance
absenteeism
leave
non-appearance
non-attendance
nonexistence
missingness
no show
staying away
default
failure to appear
truancy
“His
absence
from the most prestigious festival in the film industry calendar was guaranteed to get the tongues wagging.”
Noun
▲
A break from one's regular job or work
leave
break
recess
holiday
sabbatical
vacation
hols
vac
vacay
time off
leave of absence
time out
liberty
furlough
R & R
rest and recuperation
rest and recreation
rest and relaxation
shore leave
busman's holiday
respite
day off
recreation
downtime
rest
retreat
staycation
sojourn
schoolie
half-term
layoff
R and R
weekend getaway
breathing space
few days off
day of rest
fun
gap year
study leave
week off
period of leave
month off
playtime
time to chill
away day
personal day
accumulated day off
leisure time
a week off
a month off
garden leave
gardening leave
a day off
bank holiday
leisure
pause
spare time
mental health day
free time
sick leave
breathing spell
breather
sabbatical year
sabbatical leave
trip
tour
holidays
getaway
stopover
adjournment
spell
awayday
fiesta
escape
intermission
mini-break
acumulated day off
two weeks with pay
long weekend
short break
“Bill will be in charge of operations during my
absence
.”
Noun
▲
The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school
truancy
truanting
hooky
truantry
ditching
skiving
wagging
shirking
absence without leave
unexcused absence
bunking off
class cutting
class skipping
playing hookey
playing hooky
playing truant
goofing off
playing the wag
French leave
being AWOL
nonattendance
absenteeism
default
nonappearance
defection
desertion
cutting class
non-attendance
skipping
“This is the third time that Jimmy has failed to attend class, and his
absence
must not go unpunished.”
Noun
▲
The state of being devoid of something
lack
want
need
deficiency
dearth
default
omission
deprivation
privation
unavailability
defect
drought
exclusion
needfulness
scarcity
shortage
famine
nonexistence
poverty
inadequacy
inexistence
insufficiency
void
non-existence
deficit
paucity
scarceness
scantiness
undersupply
inadequateness
pinch
crunch
failure
drouth
shortfall
lacuna
exiguity
sparsity
sparseness
meagreness
scantness
exiguousness
rareness
limitedness
insufficience
destitution
rarity
shortness
curtailment
infrequency
loss
restrictedness
lapse
depletion
barrenness
vacancy
vacuum
uncommonness
leanness
neglect
skimpiness
penury
tightness
meagerness
defalcation
underage
weakness
bareness
slim pickings
shortcoming
stringency
ineffectuality
unfitness
short supply
emptiness
decrease
withdrawal
reduction
nonappearance
exhaustion
vacuity
removal
abridgment
US
abridgement
UK
exigency
dispossession
being after
missing out on
falling short in
being able to do with
being short of
being without
being deficient in
negligence
oversight
dereliction
delinquency
misprision
nonfeasance
impoverishment
disregard
neediness
indigence
overlooking
beggary
impecuniousness
pauperism
impecuniosity
hardship
distress
suffering
inaction
pauperdom
ruin
failure to act
disadvantage
oppression
pauperization
detriment
straitened circumstances
hand-to-mouth existence
financial distress
reduced circumstances
paltriness
slightness
fewness
smallness
slenderness
destituteness
penuriousness
pennilessness
poorness
necessity
insolvency
bankruptcy
starvation
austerity
misery
ruination
dire straits
affliction
difficulty
debt
difficulties
misfortune
adversity
tribulation
necessitousness
straits
underdevelopment
vagrancy
mendicancy
extreme poverty
dire poverty
humble beginnings
trouble
aridity
calamity
trial
decline
burden
abjection
debilitation
torment
grief
discomfort
grievance
hassle
disaster
rigor
US
hazard
squalor
injury
worry
vicissitude
travail
travails
catastrophe
rigour
UK
utter poverty
life on the breadline
extremity
tough luck
hard knocks
tough break
rotten luck
bottom
enervation
enfeeblement
indigency
humble background
mendicity
humble upbringing
humble origins
narrow circumstances
trauma
primary poverty
bad luck
jam
downer
pickle
drag
bereavement
throe
bummer
scrape
absenteeism
inaccessibility
shrinkage
retrenchment
shrinking
ill-luck
can of worms
hard times
unholy mess
ill luck
hot water
hard time
ticklish spot
ill-fortune
holy mess
pass
persecution
pain
trials
hardness
asperity
wretchedness
sorrow
danger
labor
US
accident
mischance
toil
drudgery
curse
labour
UK
peril
trough
fatigue
trials and tribulations
bad patch
Herculean task
rainy day
uphill battle
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“In the
absence
of a will, the courts must decide who the guardian is.”
Noun
▲
The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied
absent-mindedness
abstraction
daydreaming
dreaminess
woolgathering
obliviousness
inattention
musing
inattentiveness
preoccupation
distraction
pensiveness
absorption
engrossment
forgetfulness
vagueness
brooding
heedlessness
distractedness
scattiness
absence of mind
blonde moment
tendency to forget
remoteness
reverie
aloofness
trance
wool-gathering
bemusedness
entrancement
raptness
contemplation
consideration
pondering
study
reflection
thinking
thought
meditation
deliberation
rumination
thoughtfulness
cogitation
cerebration
brown study
introspection
dreaming
daydream
reflecting
ruminating
wistfulness
revery
absentmindedness
abstractedness
recollection
navel gazing
day-dreaming
languor
confusion
view
idea
disorganization
US
befuddlement
disorganisation
UK
empty-headedness
advisement
debate
impression
observation
opinion
account
understanding
agonizing
US
perusal
assessment
apprehending
period of deliberation
excogitation
spell of contemplation
think
period of reflection
spell of deliberation
spell of reflection
period of contemplation
agonising
UK
brainwork
speculation
imagination
thinking of other things
profound thought
deep thought
concentration
dream
hallucination
dwam
muse
trip
castles in the air
head trip
castle-building
lack of application
detachment
escapism
mind trip
self-absorption
lack of concentration
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Noun
▲
The state of being unavailable
unavailability
inaccessibility
unattainability
unobtainability
unreachability
unapproachability
impossibility
confidentiality
unaffordability
isolation
remoteness
distance
solitariness
aloneness
Noun
▲
The absence or opposite of something actual or positive
negation
denial
repudiation
rejection
contradiction
disclaimer
disavowal
disallowance
disconfirmation
denegation
refusal
veto
gainsaying
renunciation
no
antithesis
opposite
contrary
lack
deficiency
opposition
blank
inverse
negatory
nonexistence
reversal
reverse
refutation
rebuttal
dismissal
disapproval
rebuff
forswearing
retraction
abjuration
confutation
counterstatement
defiance
disaffirmation
contravention
negative
turndown
dispute
brush-off
thumbs down
knock-back
dissent
disproof
dismissing
denunciation
retractation
disowning
abnegation
adjuration
controversion
nonacceptance
declination
spurning
conflict
snub
non-acceptance
turning down
cold shoulder
cancellation
UK
cancelation
US
eschewal
disassociation
dissociation
counteraction
countering
dissension
disputation
challenge
nay
objection
refutal
repudiating
renegement
rejecting
renouncement
disclaiming
abstention
refusing
relinquishment
disacknowledgement
refraining
non placet
no-go
no dice
no way
negative response
giving up
declining
snubbing
casting aside
refusal to acknowledge
casting off
smack in the face
red light
smack in the eye
kick in the teeth
cold-shouldering
protestation
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state of not existing
nonentity
nonexistence
nothingness
nothing
unreality
nihility
lack
unimportance
smallness
worthlessness
pettiness
Noun
▲
The action of excluding or leaving out someone or something
omission
exclusion
noninclusion
removal
elimination
erasure
cut
deletion
excluding
expunction
exception
excision
preclusion
nonjoinder
non-inclusion
leaving out
cutting out
passing over
discarding
precluding
canceling
US
withholding
cancelling
UK
omitting
not including
not naming
rejection
barring
dropping
expulsion
segregation
elision
keeping out
disqualification
ruling out
factoring out
discard
withdrawal
ejection
dismissal
excusing
disallowment
repudiation
debarment
excepting
expunging
taking away
cancelation
US
obliteration
cancellation
UK
remotion
crossing out
Noun
▲
A requirement for something
need
demand
requirement
urgency
necessity
use
wish
call
desire
hunger
imperative
longing
requisite
urge
yearning
covetousness
craving
eagerness
exigency
fervour
UK
fervor
US
hankering
lust
market
occasion
pining
predilection
proclivity
propensity
thirst
appetite
aspiration
cry out
dearth
deficit
desideratum
dream
lustfulness
needfulness
scantiness
scarceness
scarcity
exigence
inclination
necessitude
passion
support
ambition
drive
drought
expectation
fancy
focus
strong interest
itch
want
yen
appetency
ache
letch
jones
thirstiness
liking
relish
hope
love
burning
impulse
ardor
US
zeal
greed
essential
avidity
fondness
hungering
infatuation
ardour
UK
enthusiasm
attraction
motive
penchant
obsession
compulsion
craze
mania
will
prurience
appetition
weakness
concupiscence
eroticism
taste
lasciviousness
libido
fascination
lechery
goal
libidinousness
appetence
salacity
partiality
druthers
amativeness
erotism
voracity
pruriency
preference
cupidity
rapture
ravenousness
rapaciousness
whim
aim
instinct
bent
keenness
motivation
addiction
mind
stomach
yearn
must
frenzy
solicitude
devotion
lack
constraint
doting
objective
pressure
obligation
zest
horniness
salaciousness
thought
like
hots
imperativeness
predisposition
greediness
impatience
thing
shine
excitement
avidness
lustihood
leaning
fire in the belly
willingness
high demand
impetus
desirousness
fixation
big eyes
eyes for
lech
hang-up
sine qua non
soft spot
admiration
fire in belly
preoccupation
indispensability
request
coveting
imposition
aching
intent
gap
cacoethes
priority
disposition
purpose
hurting
essentiality
restlessness
munchies
aphrodisia
pursuit
endeavour
UK
endeavor
US
rule
esurience
gluttony
eros
cause
impulsion
sweet tooth
determination
panting
deficiency
great demand
lusting
envy
acuteness
inferiority
caprice
needs
exigencies
demands
wont
criticalness
pressingness
notion
prepossession
monkey
ideal
whimsy
vagary
affection
pull
prerequisite
affinity
necessary
temptation
interest
resolve
hunch
feeling
attachment
indispensable thing
desired thing
missing thing
needed thing
pleasure
heart's desire
gusto
velleity
favour
UK
favor
US
humour
UK
list
humor
US
persuasion
cup of tea
seriousness
gravity
importance
weight
momentousness
weightiness
extremity
hurry
criticality
cruciality
desperation
stress
top priority
love affair
bias
tendency
appreciation
proneness
enjoyment
palate
intention
aptitude
turn
habitude
bone
genius
devices
inclining
favoritism
US
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UK
goodwill
commendation
esteem
approval
kindness
blessing
friendliness
grace
respect
regard
estimation
benevolence
approbation
imprimatur
account
design
mindset
susceptibility
besottedness
understanding
bag
kind regard
adoration
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adulation
good opinion
amorousness
tooth
crush
fetish
sentiment
hobby
go-to
eye
strong want
orientation
type
loving
prejudice
thirsting
flash
prayer
strong desire
liking for
groove
sympathy
dish
having as one's type
favorite
US
heart set on
openness
choice
weakness for
thing for
option
favourite
UK
favorite activity
tilt
plan
object
target
holy grail
lovingness
daydream
love of
discretion
command
enamoredness
resolution
mission
grail
predisposition towards
proclivity for
keenness on
predisposition for
proclivity towards
romance
enchantment
care
sex
bias towards
Holy Grail
raison d'être
object of desire
desired result
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