noun
the state of being absent or missing
the absence of news was disturbing
Synonyms: dearth, default, defect, lack, ||miss, privation, want; compare failure 3
Related Word: deficiency, drought, inadequacy, insufficiency; exigency, necessity, need; vacuum, void; nonappearance, nonattendance
Contrasted words: abundance, copiousness, plenty
Antonyms: presence