absentation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin absentatio, from Latin absento (“to be absent”). Equivalent to absent + -ation.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
absentation (countable and uncountable, plural absentations)
Translations edit
act of absenting oneself
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References edit
- ^ 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.