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abience

n.
C2 Proficiency abi·ence

n. the state of being away from a place or a person. It is an old word that people rarely use today.

n. the state of being absent or away from a place or person. Primarily used in historical or literary contexts; largely obsolete in modern English.


SIMPLE

The king's abience from the court caused much gossip.

CONTEXTUAL

The long abience of the monarch during the war led to a significant shift in the political landscape.

COMPLEX

While the term is rarely encountered in contemporary legal or social discourse, historical records often refer to the abience of a ruler as a period of administrative instability.

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