ADJ
- lengthy, long, prolonged
- brief, temporary
- unauthorized
QUANT
- period, spell
- You will not be paid for the full period of absence
PREP
- during/in sb's ~ (= while sb is not there)
- My father did all the cooking in my mother's absence
- ~ from
- absence from work
PHRASES
- conspicuous/notable by your absence (= very obviously absent when you ought to be present)
- When it came to clearing up afterwards, Anne was conspicuous by her absence
- leave of absence
- (= permission to be absent) He asked for leave of absence from the army
ADJ
- complete, total
- virtual
- conspicuous, notable
- a conspicuous absence of evidence
PREP
- in the ~ of
- In the absence of stone, most houses in the area are built of wood