Словарь синонимов английского языка - absence

(n) 1. non-attendance, non-presence, non-appearance, truancy: This is Jason's third absence from class in a week. She buns the place in my absence. 2. lack, want, deficiency, non-ehistence; insufficiency, scantiness, paucity, scarcity, dearth: In the absence of new evidence, the matter must remain undecided.