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in absentia
(redirected from Abstentia)

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in ab·sen·tia  (n b-snsh, -sh-)
adv. Abbr. i.a.
While or although not present; in absence: was tried and convicted in absentia.

[Latin in absenti : in, in + absenti, ablative of absentia, absence.]

in absentia Latin [ɪn æbˈsɛntɪə]
adv
in the absence of (someone indicated) he was condemned in absentia
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Adv.1.in absentia - while absent; although absent; "he was sentenced in absentia"
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in absentia [ˈinæbˈsentɪə] ADVin absentia


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