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Definition of in absentia adverb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

in absentia

adverb

NAmE//ˌɪn æbˈsɛnʃə//

, NAmE//ˌɪn æbˈsɛnʃiə//

(from Latin)

while not present at the event being referred to Two foreign suspects will be tried in absentia.

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