Nonabsence

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Failure to be absent, i.e. presence. uncountable

    "It was usual that marriage contracts, particularly in larger towns, include conditions safeguarding the wife's interests. These included: the husband's nonabsence from the marital home for a long or specific period of time;..."

Example

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"It was usual that marriage contracts, particularly in larger towns, include conditions safeguarding the wife's interests. These included: the husband's nonabsence from the marital home for a long or specific period of time;..."

Etymology

From non- + absence.

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