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 ar ...
, 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 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
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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 state of having being or reality in contrast to nonexistence and nonbeing. Existence is often contrasted with essence: the essence of an entity is its essential features or qualities, which can be understood even if one does ...
of something
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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
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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
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The Absence (band)
The Absence is an American melodic death metal band from Tampa, Florida. Their style has been described as aggressive thrash metal with Scandinavian metal influences. They were previously signed to Metal Blade Records and are now signed to M-Th ...
, 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'' () 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 successful photographer wh ...
, 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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''Absences'' (film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film directed by Carole Laganière
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Absent (2011 film)
''Absent'' () 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 to lure his te ...
, 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, 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 ...
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