absencen.[F., fr. L. absentia. See Absent.]1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.()Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. (Phil. ii. 12.)2. Want; destitution; withdrawal.(Kent.)3. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.(Addison.)To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. (Landor.)