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in absentia

in absentia prepositional phrase: while not present; while absent.

Prepositional phrase

  1. While not present; while absent
    • The defendant was convicted in absentia after fleeing during the trial.
    • The first chancellor of West Germany, Conrad Adenauer […] continued to keep Hans Globke as his secretary of the chancellery despite protests. […] Even after an East German court indicted Globke in absentia in 1950, Adenauer would not budge.2004 October 28, Leslie Feinberg, “Denazification in socialist Germany opened door to gay rights”, in Workers World
  2. (possibly, proscribed, transferred sense) Absent in general; not present.
    • Since then, the ex-minister has been in absentia, likely relaxing on his private yacht.
    • At Sora’s involuntary acknowledgment of their crew currently in absentia, Shiro nodded.2016, Yuu Kamiya, translated by Daniel Komen, No Game No Life, volume 4

in absentia meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Arabic and Indonesian

in absentia in Tamil

ஆளில்லா நிலையில், நேரில் வரா நிலையில், நேரில் வராமல்

in absentia in Urdu

غیرحاضری میں

in absentia in Arabic

while not present
غِيَابًا ḡiyāban

in absentia in Indonesian

while not present
in absentia

Origin of in absentia

Learned borrowing from Latin in absentia (“in absence”).

Questions about in absentia

What does in absentia mean?
In absentia means while not present; while absent.
What is in absentia in Tamil?
In absentia in Tamil is ஆளில்லா நிலையில், நேரில் வரா நிலையில், நேரில் வராமல். See In absentia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in absentia?
In absentia is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in absentia in the dictionary

  1. in a word
  2. in a world of one's own
  3. in abatement
  4. in abeyance
  5. in Abraham's bosom
  6. in absentia
  7. in abundance
  8. in accord
  9. in accordance with
  10. in action
  11. in actuality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in absentia (page history and authors); in absentia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); in absentia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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