Wordie: Absence

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(n): the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

(n): failure to be present

(n): the failure to attend

(n): the time interval during which something or somebody is away

(n): a definite length of time marked off by two instants

(n): the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy

(n): a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

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about 3 hours ago frindley said:

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Get Absence!
(Courtesy poet Steve Turner)

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