definition of
absent

[1] #1 absent v. [remove] go away or leave; "He absented himself". wn

[2] #2 absent s. [lacking, missing, wanting] nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking". wn

[3] #3 absent s. [absentminded, abstracted, scatty] lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence". wn