Absence

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Absence may refer to:

Employment

• Leave of absence, a period of time away from a job
• Absenteeism, the habitual pattern of absence from work or duty
• Absence rate, the ratio of workers with absences to total employees

Sciences and philosophy

• The (local) nonexistence of something
• Absence of evidence, a concept in informal logic
• Absence seizure, one of several kinds of seizures

Arts and entertainment

Music

• The Absence, an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida
• Absence (Dälek album), 2004
• Absence (Paper Route album), 2009
• The Absence (Luna Mortis album), 2009
• The Absence (Melody Gardot album), 2012
• Absence (Snowman album), 2011

Other media

• Absence (film), a 2014 Brazilian film
• Absence (Bernice Summerfield), a Big Finish Productions audio drama

See also

• All pages with a title containing absence
• Absence paradox
• Nothing