Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
The period of someone being away.
Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
Lack; deficiency; nonexistence.
Lack of contact between blades.
Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).
Absence from school or work; truancy.
Full of hooks (in any sense).
Dodgy; crooked; illicit.
Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.