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• “He absented himself“

Synonyms

• remove degree of figurative distance or separation; remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; remove from a position or an office ; dispose of; cause to leave; shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; go away or leave; kill intentionally and with premeditation; get rid of something abstract

• “the thumb is absent“
• “her appetite was lacking“

Synonyms

• lacking inadequate in amount or degree; nonexistent
• missing not able to be found; nonexistent
• wanting nonexistent; inadequate in amount or degree

• “showing preoccupation“
• “an absent stare“
• “an absentminded professor“
• “the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence“

Synonyms

• absentminded lost in thought
• abstracted lost in thought
• scatty lacking sense or discretion; lost in thought