Had he offended the Collector by absenting himself?
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— not present at a usual or expected place : MISSING
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Collins
— If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
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Other Word Forms
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Usage
1 use of ‘absenting’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster