отсъ́ствие — meaning in English

English meaning

• absence noun The state of not being in a place where one is expected.
• lack noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
• privation noun The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.

Senses

отсъ́ствие is used for these senses in English:

• absentation The act of absenting oneself. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
• lack A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
• privation (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.

absence — full definition

1. noun The state of not being in a place where one is expected.
2. noun A lack or non-existence of something.

lack — full definition

1. noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
2. verb To not have, or not have enough of, something.

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