in absentia

(formal)

if something happens to someone in absentia, they are not present when it happens to them The court convicted her in absentia and fined her $500.

in absentia

While not present, as in He was tried and convicted in absentia, or He was awarded his degree in absentia. This expression is Latin for "in absence"; its use in English dates from the late 1800s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lenard	LEN-ərd	English
Leoncio	le-ON-thyo (Spanish), le-ON-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Karolis	-	Lithuanian
Chaggit	-	Biblical Hebrew
Alberte (1)	al-BER-te	Galician
Zephyros	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek