Reverse Dictionary: ABSENCE

ABSENCE,  ABSENT

ADJECTIVES
..825 WANE absent, lacking, deficient → obs.
1721 ABSENTANEOUS done in absence; pert. to absence (Bk.)
..19C — NASHED said of a person who is gone → sl.
.M19 — MINUS  absent → sl.
1898 ABSTENT absent → Sc.
..L19 — OFF THE RESERVATION  absent, away → US sl.
1942 ACK WILLIE — ACK WILLY absent without leave → Aust. sl.
1968 — ZONED — ZONED OUT mentally absent → US sl.
1972 OUT TO LUNCH absent, unavailable → sl.
1980 OUT OF SOMEONE’S FACE absent, away → Black British sl.


NOUNS
..888 WANE absence of; want, lack, shortage → obs.
1480 WANT absence; the fact that a person is not present → obs.
1520 ABSENTY absence → obs.
1599 ABSENCY absence → obs.
1600 ABSENTMENT an absenting oneself; a withdrawal or staying away → obs.
.M18 — LAND SECURITY  unauthorized absence → sl.
1800 ABSENTATION an absenting oneself 


NOUNS, PERSON
1425 ABSENT an absentee; one who is absent obs.
1976 GHOST an absentee, someone who has opted out of normal social life US students’ sl.


PHRASES
1812MR NASH IS CONCERNED used of someone who is absent, having run off → sl. (Bk.)


VERBS
1375 FAULT to be absent or wanting → obs.
1435 WANT to be absent or missing; to be a defaulter → obs.
1746 LACK to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter → Eng. dial.
1783 PLAY OFF to absent oneself or escape from some responsibility without adequate excuse → Amer. dial.
1831 SNAP to absent oneself from without permission; to skip a class → Amer. dial.
..L19 — SAG  to be illicitly absent from work → Brit. sl.
..20C — GET OUT OF THE RAIN to absent oneself when there’s likely to be any trouble → sl.
1900 — BLITZ to absent oneself from a class or an examination; to cut a class → US students’ sl.
1904 SCARCIFY to absent oneself, to make oneself scarce → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1915 — CHUCK A DUMMY  to be absent; to feign a fainting fit to get out of duty or get sympathy → World War I Amer. usage
1969 TAKE OUT to absent oneself from work or school; to quit a job → Amer. dial.