absentia
State of nonpresence
Absentia appears almost exclusively in the Latin phrase in absentia, meaning while not present.
Courts try defendants in absentia when they flee or refuse to appear.
Degrees are conferred in absentia when graduates can't attend commencement.
The word serves as a formal marker that someone's absence has been officially noted.
Ruling for appearing party
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- habeas corpusWrit challenging lawful custody
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
defendant · extradition · prosecution · subpoena · arraignment · indictment · warrant · plea
Not in this location
- goneNo longer present
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- departedHaving left
- elsewhereIn some other place
distant · removed · withdrawn · vacant · unoccupied · empty · unavailable · truant
Intense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- lossBeing without something
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
heartache · pining · grief · bereavement · missing · separation · void · loneliness
default judgment
Ruling for appearing party
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- habeas corpusWrit challenging lawful custody
due process · defendant · extradition · prosecution · subpoena · arraignment · indictment · warrant · plea · conviction
away
Not in this location
elsewhere · distant · removed · withdrawn · vacant · unoccupied · empty · unavailable · truant · AWOL
longing
Intense, persistent desire
nostalgia · heartache · pining · grief · bereavement · missing · separation · void · loneliness · sorrow
absentiapresence
State of being somewhere
in person · attendance · personally · present · appearance
- in absentiaLatin for "while absent"
- absentee landlordProperty owner elsewhere
- absentee ballotVote cast from elsewhere
- absent without leaveIllegally missing from duty
- absentee votingElectoral participation without presence
- absentee votesBallots cast remotely