noun

• A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
• The period of someone being away.
• Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
• Lack; deficiency; nonexistence.
• Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).
• (medicine) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
• (fencing) Lack of contact between blades.