different between absence vs absentness

English

Alternative forms

• abs.

Etymology

From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, ausence, from Latin absentia, from abs?ns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”), from ab (“from, away from”) + sum (“I am”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æb.s(?)n?s/, /?æb.s(?)n?ts/
• (General American)
  • IPA^(key): /?æb.s(?)n?s/, /?æb.sn?ts/
  • (in the medical sense) IPA^(key): /?æbs?ns/, /æb?s?ns/

Noun

absence (usually uncountable, plural absences)

1. A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship

2. The period of someone being away. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
3. Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
4. Lack; deficiency; nonexistence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
   • 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law

     in the absence of higher and more authoritative sanctions the ordinances of foreign states, the opinions of eminent statesmen, and the writings of distinguished jurists, are regarded as of great consideration on questions not settled by conventional law

5. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind). [First attested in the early 18^th century.]

   • Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind.
6. (medicine) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
7. (fencing) Lack of contact between blades.

Synonyms

• missingness

Antonyms

• (state of being away): presence
• (lack, deficiency, nonexistence): existence, possession, sufficiency

Derived terms

• absence makes the heart grow fonder

Related terms

• absent
• absentee
• absenteeism
• absential

Translations

References

Anagrams

• casbene

Czech

Etymology

From French absence, from Latin absentia, from abs?ns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”), from ab (“of, by, from”) + sum (“I am”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?aps?nt?s?]

Noun

absence f

1. absence

Declension

Related terms

• See esence

Further reading

• absence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• absence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From French absence.

Noun

absence c (singular definite absencen, plural indefinite absencer)

1. (medicine) petit mal

Inflection

Synonyms

• petit mal

References

• “absence” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Latin absentia, from abs?ns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”), from ab (“of, by, from”) + sum (“I am”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.s??s/

Noun

absence f (plural absences)

1. absence (state of being absent or withdrawn)

Derived terms

Related terms

• absent

Descendants

• ? Czech: absence
• ? Danish: absence
• ? German: Absence
• ? Luxembourgish: Absence

Further reading

• “absence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French absence, ausence, from Latin absentia, from abs?ns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”), from ab (“of, by, from”) + sum (“I am”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab?s?ns(?)/

Noun

absence (plural absences)

1. Being away or elsewhere; absence.
2. Nonattendance or nonexistence; failure to appear.

Related terms

• absent

Descendants

• English: absence
• Scots: absence

References

• Stratmann, Francis Henry; Henry Bradley (First published 1891) A Dictionary of Middle English?^[2], London: Oxford University Press, published 1954, page 3

English

Etymology

absent +? -ness

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.sn?t.n?s/

Noun

absentness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being absent-minded. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

Synonyms

• absent-mindedness

Related terms

• absence

References