Leaves vs Absent - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between leaves and absent is that leaves is or leaves can be while absent is (obsolete) absentee; a person who is away on occasion [. ]
As verbs the difference between leaves and absent is that leaves is (leave) while absent is (transitive|now|reflexive) keep away; stay away; go away [. ]
As an adjective absent is (not comparable) being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing .
As a preposition absent is (legal) in the absence of; without [.
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leaves English
Etymology 1
Noun
(head)
Etymology 2
Noun
(head)
Etymology 3
Verb
(head)
(leave)
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absent English
Alternative forms
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Etymology 1
* From (etyl) absent, (etyl) .
Adjective
( er) - Expecting absent friends.
(not comparable) Not existing; lacking. [ ]
- The part was rudimental or absent .
(sometimes, comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied. [ ]
* 1746-1747 , Chesterfield, Letters to his Son
- What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man.
Antonyms
* present
Related terms
* absence
* absentee
* absenteeism
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) Absentee; a person who is away on occasion. [ ]
Preposition
( English prepositions)
(legal) In the absence of; without. [ ]
* 1919 , State vs. Britt, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division 2, in The Southwestern Reporter , page 427
- If the accused refuse upon demand to pay money or deliver property (absent any excuse or excusing circumstance) which came into his hands as a bailee, such refusal might well constitute some evidence of conversion, with the requisite fraudulent intent required by the statute.
* 2011 , David Elstein, letter, London Review of Books , XXXIII.15:
- the Princess Caroline case [...] established that – absent a measurable ‘public interest’ in publication – she was safe from being photographed while out shopping.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) absenter, from .
Verb
( en verb)
(transitive, now, reflexive) Keep away; stay away; go away. [ ]
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- Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more;
* 1701-1703 , , "Remarks on Italy"
- If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined.
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- This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
(obsolete) Stay away; withdraw. [ ]
(rare) Leave. [ ]
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