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
Arnoud	-	Dutch
Varnava	-	Russian, Old Church Slavic
Winnifred	WIN-i-frid	Welsh, English
Kenton	KEN-tən	English
Blake	BLAYK	English
Kaiser	-	Various