adj. 25B6; adjective
she was absent from work : AWAY, off, out, non-attending, truant; off duty, on holiday, on leave; gone, missing, lacking, unavailable, non-existent; informal AWOL.
an absent look : DISTRACTED, preoccupied, inattentive, vague, absorbed, abstracted, unheeding, oblivious, distrait, absent-minded, dreamy, far away, in a world of one's own, lost in thought, in a brown study; blank, empty, vacant; informal miles away.
present, attentive, alert.
25B6; verb Rose absented herself from the occasion : STAY AWAY, be absent, withdraw, retire, take one's leave, remove oneself.