Absence may refer to:
Employment
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Leave of absence
The labour law concept of leave, specifically paid leave or, in some countries' long-form, a leave of absence, is an authorised prolonged absence from work, for any reason authorised by the workplace. When people "take leave" in this way, they are ...
, a period of time away from a job
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Absenteeism
Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of absence from a duty or obligation without good reason. Generally, absenteeism is unplanned absences. Absenteeism has been viewed as an indicator of poor individual performance, as well as a breach of an implic ...
, the habitual pattern of absence from work or duty
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Absence rate
In economics, the absence rate is the ratio of workers with absences to total full-time wage and salary employment. In the United States, absences are defined as instances when persons who usually work 35 or more hours per week worked less than 35 ...
, the ratio of workers with absences to total employees
Sciences and philosophy
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nonexistence
Existence is the ability of an entity to interact with reality. In philosophy, it refers to the ontological property of being.
Etymology
The term ''existence'' comes from Old French ''existence'', from Medieval Latin ''existentia/exsistentia'' ...
of something
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Absence of evidence
Argument from ignorance (from la, argumentum ad ignorantiam), also known as appeal to ignorance (in which ''ignorance'' represents "a lack of contrary evidence"), is a fallacy in informal logic. It asserts that a proposition is true because it h ...
, a concept in informal logic
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Absence seizure, one of several kinds of seizures
Arts and entertainment
Music
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The Absence (band), an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida
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''Absence'' (Dälek album), 2004
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''Absence'' (Paper Route album), 2009
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''The Absence'' (Luna Mortis album), 2009
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''The Absence'' (Melody Gardot album), 2012
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''Absence'' (Snowman album), 2011
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''Absence'' (Terence Blanchard album), 2021
Other media
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''Absence'' (film), a 2014 Brazilian film
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The Absence (1976 film)
''The Absence'' (french: L'Absence) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Brigitte Sauriol and released in 1976.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 8. The film stars Frédérique Collin as Louise, a successfu ...
, a Canadian drama film
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''The Absence'' (1992 film), a French-German-Spanish drama film
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''Absence'' (audio drama), a Big Finish Productions audio drama
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Absent (2011 film)
''Absent'' ( es, Ausente) is a 2011 Spanish-language drama film directed by Argentine director Marco Berger. The film tackles the notion of sexual abuse of students, but director Marco Berger flips the dynamic. In this film, a young man wants t ...
, a Spanish-language drama film
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''Absent'' (1928 film), a silent film
* Absence (Una Nemo), a
''Batman'' villain
See also
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Nothing
Nothing, the complete absence of anything, has been a matter of philosophical debate since at least the 5th century BC. Early Greek philosophers argued that it was impossible for ''nothing'' to exist. The atomists allowed ''nothing'' but only i ...
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