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
Fred	FRED (English, French, Portuguese), FRET (Dutch, German)	English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese
Constance	KAHN-stənts (English), kawn-STAWNS (French)	English, French
Esperanza	es-pe-RAHN-thah (Spanish), es-pe-RAHN-sah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
'Amaryahu	-	Biblical Hebrew
Bernd	BERNT	German
Deja	-	Various