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absit.

Formal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Formal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more.

    UK
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin absit (“let (him or her) be absent”), the third-person singular present active subjunctive of absum (“be absent”).

noun
  1. A portion of fermenting dough diluted to a paste with water and then cooked.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Amharic አብሲት (ʾäbsit, “proofing dough”).

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