absent (oneself) from

To leave a place, often to avoid something. If my ex-boyfriend does come, I'm going to absent myself from the party.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lovrenco	-	Croatian (Rare)
Markku	MAHRK-koo	Finnish
Penuel	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Samuela	-	Italian
Benedek	-	Hungarian
Geena	JEE-nə	English (Rare)