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nonabsence

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ absence.

Noun

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nonabsence (uncountable)

  1. Failure to be absent, i.e. presence.
    • 1996, Amira El Azhary Sonbol, Women, the family, and divorce laws in Islamic history, page 103:
      It was usual that marriage contracts, particularly in larger towns, include conditions safeguarding the wife's interests. These included: the husband's nonabsence from the marital home for a long or specific period of time;...