absentation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

absentation (plural absentations)

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

References

1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 8: