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absenting

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Others are absenting themselves as part of an apparent protest.

The discovery that my wife has been absenting herself from home for days at a time naturally aroused my suspicions.

He boasted of having himself already shown his independence by absenting himself from the new emperor's coronation.

"In absenting myself from the house, I did but obey the command laid on me by the queen's grace," said Father Anselm.

But when it had gone and another day dawned without Haydon coming to see her, she felt that he was deliberately absenting himself.

Fifty years ago hardly any one thought of absenting himself or herself from public worship.

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On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to absenting, such as: abandon, blast off, disappear, escape, evacuate, and exit.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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