non-attendance (n.)
also nonattendance, "failure to attend, omission of attendance," 1680s, from non- + attendance.
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a prefix used freely in English and meaning "not, lack of," or "sham," giving a negative sense to any word, 14c., from Anglo-French noun-, from Old French non-, from Latin non "not, by no means, not at all, not a," from Old Latin noenum "not one" (*ne oinom, from PIE root *ne- "not" + PIE root *oi-no- "one, unique"). In some cases perhaps from Middle English non "not" (adj.), from Old English nan (see not). "It differs from un- in that it denotes mere negation or absence of the thing or quality, while un- often denotes the opposite of the thing or quality" [Century Dictionary].
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Dictionary entries near non-attendance
non-aggression
nonagon
non-aligned
no-name
non-appearance
non-attendance
nonce
nonce-word
nonchalance
nonchalant
non-com