absentation

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin absentatio, from Latin absento (“to be absent”). Equivalent to absent +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.sənˈteɪ.ʃn̩/, /ˌæb.sɛnˈteɪ.ʃn̩/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

absentation (countable and uncountable, plural absentations)

  1. The act of absenting oneself. [First attested in the early 19th century.][1]

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References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absentation”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
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