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Presence

noun

The state of being present; current existence.

The immediate proximity of someone or something. Synonym: front. "He sensed the presence of danger" , "He was well behaved in front of company"

An invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby.

The impression that something is present.

Dignified manner or conduct. Synonyms: bearing, comportment, mien.

The act of being present.

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... until Joe and the other boys came up, together with another policeman, who had been attracted by the fracas. A patrol wagon was summoned and the prisoners were conveyed to the nearest police station, where they and the bags they had carried were searched in the presence of the boys, who had missed their train in order to be present and give what information they could ...

— The Radio Boys at the Sending Station - Making Good in the Wireless Room • Allen Chapman

... secretly, to hear that he was a villain; but he was a good man. It was a scurvy trick to play on a good man. Well, there was no help for it. I packed my bag with some dawning misgivings; the chambermaid, undisturbed by my presence, went on rubbing the table with some strong-smelling ...

— The Indiscretion of the Duchess • Anthony Hope

... wrongs by achieving oblivion. The idea that fate held in store for him a higher and a sterner destiny never occurred to him, and he little realized that he would soon be removed from a sphere where his presence would be no longer needed. He was, in fact, combating the very destiny he had so often sought in which he would ...

— Drake, Nelson and Napoleon • Walter Runciman

... was a dismal drive over to Eglosilyan, bright as the forenoon was. The old lady did her best to be courteous to Mr. Roscorla and cheerful with her grandson, but she was oppressed by the belief that it was only her presence that had so far restrained the two men from giving vent to the rage and jealousy ...

— Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, April 1875, Vol. XV., No. 88 • Various

... The presence in the public schools of the mentally defective children of men and women who should never have been parents is a problem that is becoming more and more difficult, and is one of the chief reasons for lower educational standards. ...

— The Pivot of Civilization • Margaret Sanger

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