// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did absence say to presence? "You're always there for me.

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 (band), an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida
• Absence (Dälek album), 2004
• Absence (Paper Route album), 2009
• The Absence (Luna Mortis album), 2009
• Absence (Snowman album), 2011
• The Absence (Melody Gardot album), 2012
• Absence (Terence Blanchard album), 2021

Other media

• Absent (1928 film), a silent film
• The Absence (1976 film), a Canadian drama film
• The Absence (1992 film), a French-German-Spanish drama film
• Absence (audio drama), a 2009 audio drama by Big Finish Productions
• Absent (2011 film), a Spanish-language drama film
• Absences (film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film directed by Carole Laganière
• Absence (film), a 2014 Brazilian film
• Absence (2025 novel), a 2025 novel by Issa Quincy
• Absence (Una Nemo), a Batman villain

See also

• All pages with titles containing absence
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