in absentia

Learned borrowing from Latin in absentia (“in absence”).

in absentia

1. (law) While not present; while absent

   The defendant was convicted in absentia after fleeing during the trial.

   • 2004 October 28, Leslie Feinberg, “Denazification in socialist Germany opened door to gay rights”, in Workers World‎^[1]:

     The first chancellor of West Germany, Conrad Adenauer […] continued to keep Hans Globke as his secretary of the chancellery despite protests. […] Even after an East German court indicted Globke in absentia in 1950, Adenauer would not budge.

2. (transferred sense, possibly proscribed) Absent in general; not present.

   Since then, the ex-minister has been in absentia, likely relaxing on his private yacht.

   • 2016, Yuu Kamiya, translated by Daniel Komen, No Game No Life, volume 4:

     At Sora’s involuntary acknowledgment of their crew currently in absentia, Shiro nodded.

Learned borrowing from Latin in absentia (“in absence”).

in absentia

1. (law) absent

   Synonym: verstek

• “in absentia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.