Absence may refer to:
Employment
*
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 ar ...
, a period of time away from a job
*
Absenteeism
Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of absence from a duty or obligation without good reason. Generally, absenteeism refers to unplanned absences. Absenteeism has been viewed as an indicator of poor individual performance, as well as a breach of an ...
, the habitual pattern of absence from work or duty
*
Absence rate, the ratio of workers with absences to total employees
Sciences and philosophy
* The (local)
nonexistence of something
*
Absence of evidence
Argument from ignorance (), or appeal to ignorance, is an informal fallacy where something is claimed to be true or false because of a lack of evidence to the contrary.
The fallacy is committed when one asserts that a proposition is true because ...
, a concept in informal logic
*
Absence seizure
Absence seizures are one of several kinds of generalized seizures. Absence seizures are characterized by a brief loss and return of consciousness, generally not followed by a period of lethargy (i.e. without a notable postictal state). Absence ...
, one of several kinds of seizures
Arts and entertainment
Music
*
The Absence (band), an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida
*
''Absence'' (Dälek album), 2004
*
''Absence'' (Paper Route album), 2009
*
''The Absence'' (Luna Mortis album), 2009
*
''The Absence'' (Melody Gardot album), 2012
*
''Absence'' (Snowman album), 2011
*
''Absence'' (Terence Blanchard album), 2021
Other media
*
''Absence'' (film), a 2014 Brazilian film
*
The Absence (1976 film), a Canadian drama film
*
''The Absence'' (1992 film), a French-German-Spanish drama film
*
''Absence'' (audio drama), a Big Finish Productions audio drama
*
''Absences'' (film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film directed by Carole Laganière
*
Absent (2011 film), a Spanish-language drama film
*
''Absent'' (1928 film), a silent film
* Absence (Una Nemo), a
''Batman'' villain
See also
*
*
Nothing
Nothing, no-thing, or no thing is the complete absence of ''anything'', as the opposite of ''something'' and an antithesis of everything. The concept of nothing has been a matter of philosophical debate since at least the 5th century BCE. Ea ...
{{disambiguation