DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
absence
/'æbsəns/ · æbsəns
Absence has 2 syllables: ab · sence.
ab
01
sence
02
noun. The occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy.
noun. Failure to be present.
noun. The state of being absent.
noun. The time interval during which something or somebody is away.
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