absent oneself from

absent oneself from someone or something

to remain away from or avoid someone or some place. Fred absented himself from the meeting, which he was certain would be boring.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eelis	E:-lees	Finnish
Dragoslav	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Kenzie	KEN-zee	English
GrÉGoire	gre-GWAWR	French
Mariazinha	-	Portuguese
Ulrich	UWL-rikh (German)	German, French, Ancient Germanic