adv. (Abbr. i.a.)

While or although not present; in absence: was tried and convicted in absentia.

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

While not present, as in He was tried and convicted in absentia, or He was awarded his degree in absentia. This expression is Latin for "in absence"; its use in English dates from the late 1800s.

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Lat: in absence.

In their absence

Dansk (Danish)
idioms:

• in absentia    in absentia, i fravær af

Français (French)
absence, (Jur) absence (de domicile), (Méd) absence

idioms:

• in absentia    en absence (de)

Deutsch (German)
idioms:

• in absentia    in Abwesenheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
idioms:

• in absentia    ερήμην

Italiano (Italian)
contumacia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ausência (f)

Русский (Russian)
отсутствие

Español (Spanish)
idioms:

• in absentia    en ausencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - frånvaro

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
审判等的缺席

idioms:

• in absentia    缺席, 不在场

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
審判等的缺席

idioms:

• in absentia    缺席, 不在場

한국어 (Korean)
부재

idioms:

• in absentia    부재중에

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 不在の

idioms:

• in absentia    不在中に

עברית (Hebrew)
in - ‮בהעדר‬

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