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nonabsence

nonabsence noun: failure to be absent, i.e. presence.

Noun

nonabsence (uncountable)

  1. Failure to be absent, i.e. presence.
    • It was usual that marriage contracts, particularly in larger towns, include conditions safeguarding the wife's interests. These included: the husband's nonabsence from the marital home for a long or specific period of time;...1996, Amira El Azhary Sonbol, Women, the family, and divorce laws in Islamic history, page 103

Origin of nonabsence

From non- + absence.

Questions about nonabsence

What does nonabsence mean?
Nonabsence means failure to be absent, i.e. presence.
What part of speech is nonabsence?
Nonabsence is a noun.

Words near nonabsence in the dictionary

  1. nonabrasives
  2. nonabridgement
  3. nonabridgment
  4. nonabrupt
  5. nonabscessed
  6. nonabsence
  7. nonabsent
  8. nonabsentative
  9. nonabsolute
  10. nonabsolutely
  11. nonabsolution

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