absences
Gaps in attendance
Absences is the plural of absence—instances of not being present or available.
A student with frequent absences misses many classes.
The word extends beyond physical presence: There were notable absences in his account of the evening.
In medicine, absence seizures cause brief lapses in awareness, named for the momentary mental absence they produce.
Lack of something needed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
paucity · want · privation · gap · vacuum · emptiness · unavailability · omission
Unauthorized absence from school
- no-showOne who fails to appear
- AWOLAbsent without permission
- hookyUnauthorized school absence
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
truant · delinquency · cutting · bunking · ditching · leave · sick day · excused
Intense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
heartache · pining · missing · ache · homesickness · grief · loss · void
deficiency
Lack of something needed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
insufficiency · paucity · want · privation · gap · vacuum · emptiness · unavailability · omission · void
truancy
Unauthorized absence from school
skipping · truant · delinquency · cutting · bunking · ditching · leave · sick day · excused · unexcused
longing
Intense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
wistfulness · heartache · pining · missing · ache · homesickness · grief · loss · void · emptiness
quiet
Lacking in sound
calm · soundlessness · lull · pause · gap · rest · caesura · intermission · break · interlude
- school attendanceattendance, truancy, tardy, excused, unexcused
- school problemsdropout rates, overcrowding, school funding, budget cuts, bullying
- attendanceattendance, present, here, attendance sheet, attendance log
- school rulesschool rules, dress code, code of conduct, bullying, cheating
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
- work hourswork hours, overtime, office hours, work schedules, shifts
absencespresences
States of being there
attendances · appearances · arrivals · showings · participations
absencespresences
States of being there
existences · occurrences · availabilities · manifestations · instances
absencesabundances
States of plentifulness
plenitudes · profusions · surfeit · excesses · plethoras
- leave of absenceAuthorized extended time off
- unauthorized absenceBeing away without approval
- excused absencePermitted time away
- unexcused absenceUnapproved failure to attend
- absence noteDocument explaining missed attendance
- long absence