Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class II. Words Relating to SpaceSection I. Space in General
3. Existence in Space
187. [Nullibicity.] Absence.
NOUN:NULLIBICITY, nullibiety [rare], absence; awayness [rare], cut [colloq.]; inexistence [See Nonexistence]; nonresidence, absenteeism; nonattendance, alibi.EMPTINESS &c. adj.; void, vacuum; vacuity [rare], vacancy, voidness [rare], tabula rasa [L.]; exemption; hiatus (interval) [See Interval]; lipotype.
TRUANT, absentee.
NOBODY; nobody -present, – on earth; not a soul; no man, nix [slang].
VERB:BE ABSENT &c. adj.; keep away, keep out of the way; play truant, absent oneself, stay away; slip off, slip out, slip away; keep -, hold- aloof.
WITHDRAW, make oneself scarce [colloq.], retreat, retire, vacate; go away [See Departure].
ADJECTIVE:ABSENT, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home; missing; lost; wanting; omitted; nowhere to be found; inexistent [See Nonexistence].
EMPTY, void; vacant, vacuous; blank, null; untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited; tenantless; desert, deserted; devoid; unhabitable, uninhabitable.
EXEMPT FROM, not having.
ADVERB:WITHOUT, minus, nowhere; elsewhere; neither here nor there; in default of; sans; behind one’s back.
QUOTATIONS:
- The bird has flown.
- Non est inventus.
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder.—Bayley
- Absent in body but present in spirit.—1 Corinthians v, 3
- Absento nemo ne nocuisse velit.—Propertius
- Achilles absent was Achilles still.—Homer
- Aux absents les os.
- Briller par son absence.
- Conspicuous by his absence.—Russell
- In the hope to meet shortly again and make our absence sweet.—B. Jonson