absenteeism (absenteizm)

The practice or habit of being an absentee; the practice of absenting one's self from one's country, station, estate, etc. Absenteeism in France, under the old re gime, was one of the greatest evils, and a prominent cause of the first revolution; and in Ireland it has been a cause of much popular discontent. Partly from the prevailing absenteeism among the landlords,. these peasants of the north [of Ru ia) aro more energetic, more intelligent, more independent, and consequently le docile and pliable, than those of the fertile central provinces. D. M. Wallace, Ru ia, p. 109. absentee ship (ab-sen-te's hip), n. Same as ab absenter (ab-sen'tèr), n. One who absents him senteeism. self. He [Judge Foster] has fined all the absenters £20 apiece. Lord Thurlow, Sir M. Foster. absente reo (ab-sen'tē re'ō). [L.: absente, abl. of absen ( t- )s, absent; reo, abl. of reus, a defendant, absent-mindedne (ab's ent-minded-nes), n. The quality, state, or habit of being absent minded.