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Reason for a makeup test (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absence

(Other definitions for absence that I've seen before include "Time off" , "Lack (of something)" , "Truancy" , "It's said to make the heart grow fonder" , "Want (of something)" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.
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