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Definition of absent verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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absent

verb
 
/æbˈsɛnt/ absent pronunciation American
absent yourself (from something) (formal) to not go to or be in a place where you are expected to beHe had absented himself from the office for the day.