1. (

• absent ,
• remove ,

) go away or leave; "He absented himself" ;

1. (

• absent

) not being in a specified place ;

2. (

• lacking ,
• absent ,
• missing ,
• wanting

) nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" ;

3. (

• absent ,
• absentminded ,
• abstracted ,
• scatty

) lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" ;