Obs. [f. ABSENT v. + -MENT.] The act of absenting oneself; a withdrawal, or staying away.
1600. Abbot, On Jonah, 357. Separations and absentments from the Sacraments.
a. 1677. Barrow, Serm. (1683), II. xxvii. 383. Humane death is … a peregrination, or absentment from the body.
