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
Samina	-	Arabic
Anil	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nep
Herman	['hə:mən]
Veer	VI:R	Dutch, Limburgish
Klytaimnestra	-	Greek Mythology
Brandi	BRAN-dee	English