Bible Dictionaries
Absence

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.

(2):

(n.) Want; destitution; withdrawal.

(3):

(n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; - opposed to presence.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Absence'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/absence.html. 1828.