Truancy (7)
I believe the answer is:
absence
(Other definitions for absence that I've seen before include "Need" , "Lack (of something)" , "It's said to make the heart grow fonder" , "Non-presence" , "Abstraction" .)
I believe the answer is:
absence
(Other definitions for absence that I've seen before include "Need" , "Lack (of something)" , "It's said to make the heart grow fonder" , "Non-presence" , "Abstraction" .)