DICTOMETER

FALTA (Spanish for "absence")

(absence, foul, lack, shortage, shortcoming, brist, forseelse, fravær, mangel)

1. Synonyms:
   • Absence
   Definitions:
   • the state of being absent
   Examples:
   • He was surprised by the absence of any explanation
   Antonyms:
   presence
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Absence
   Definitions:
   • failure to be present
   Antonyms:
   presence
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Absence
   Definitions:
   • the time interval during which something or somebody is away
   Examples:
   • He visited during my absence
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Absence
   • Absence seizure
   Definitions:
   • the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.
   • common in petit mal epilepsy