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"Absence" in Chinese?

Pronunciation : Ab"sence
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., fr. L. absentia. See Absent.]
Definition : 1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12.

2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law." Kent.

3. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind. "Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind." Addison. To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. Landor.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913