Reverse Dictionary: ABSENCE

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

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

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

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

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