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| absentee |
a person who is absent from work, school, or other duty. |
| absent without leave |
absent without permission from assigned military duty, but not necessarily with the intention of deserting; AWOL. |
| acting |
appointed as a temporary substitute for someone absent from an office or position; serving temporarily. [1/5 definitions] |
| apostrophe2 |
esp. in drama, an address to someone absent or imaginary, or to an object or idea. |
| apostrophize |
to address (a person, usu. absent, or a personified object or idea). [2 definitions] |
| AWOL |
abbreviation of "absent without leave," absent without permission from assigned military duty, but not necessarily with the intention of deserting. |
| backbite |
to criticize harshly or speak badly of (an absent person). |
| chargé d'affaires |
a foreign service official who takes charge of diplomatic business whenever an ambassador or minister is temporarily absent. [1/2 definitions] |
| cover |
to take the place of someone who is absent. [1/5 definitions] |
| cut |
to be absent from on purpose. [1/12 definitions] |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usu. in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. [1/3 definitions] |
| missing |
not where it should be; absent. [1/2 definitions] |
| moony |
absent-minded; distracted; dreamy. |
| skive |
(chiefly British; informal) to be absent from school or work without having permission (often fol. by "off"); play hooky. [2 definitions] |
| truant |
a person who is absent from school without permission. [2 definitions] |
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