in absentia en · ADP
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin in absentia (“in absence”).
Meanings
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While not present; while absent
The first chancellor of West Germany, Conrad Adenauer […] continued to keep Hans Globke as his secretary of the chancellery despite protests. […] Even after an East German court indicted Globke in absentia in 1950, Adenauer would not budge.
2004 October 28, Leslie Feinberg, “Denazification in socialist Germany opened door to gay rights”, in Workers World:The defendant was convicted in absentia after fleeing during the trial.
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(possibly, proscribed, qualifier:transferred sense) Absent in general; not present.
At Sora’s involuntary acknowledgment of their crew currently in absentia, Shiro nodded.
2016, Yuu Kamiya, translated by Daniel Komen, No Game No Life, volume 4:Since then, the ex-minister has been in absentia, likely relaxing on his private yacht.
Translations (17)
fi poissaolevana (while not present) · ar غِيَابًا (while not present) · nl in absentia (while not present) · id in absentia (while not present) · is í fjarveru (while not present) · nl bij verstek (while not present) · pl in absentia (while not present) · nl bij afwezigheid (while not present) · fr par contumace (while not present) · el ερήμην (while not present) · hu távollétében (while not present) · ru в отсу́тствие (while not present) · tr gıyaben (while not present) · is að fjarstöddum (while not present) · ru зао́чно (while not present) · cmn 缺席 (while not present) · de in Abwesenheit (while not present)