absent as in go away or leave

• "He absented himself"

Synonyms

• removedegree of figurative distance or separation; remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; remove from a position or an office ; dispose of; cause to leave; shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; go away or leave; kill intentionally and with premeditation; get rid of something abstract

absent as in not being in a specified place

absent as in nonexistent

• "the thumb is absent"
• "her appetite was lacking"

Synonyms

• lackinginadequate in amount or degree; nonexistent
• missingnot able to be found; nonexistent
• wantingnonexistent; inadequate in amount or degree

absent as in lost in thought

• "showing preoccupation"
• "an absent stare"
• "an absentminded professor"
• "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"

Synonyms

• absentmindedlost in thought
• abstractedlost in thought
• scattylacking sense or discretion; lost in thought