Is it der, die or das Absence? – die Absence, plural die Absencen

Why is it die Absence?

Absence ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

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[1] Medicine: Short ability to spirit, especially in the form of an epileptic seizure without fall (i.e. without loss of physical control)

[1] Medizin: kurze Geistesabwesenheit, insbesondere in Form eines epileptischen Anfalls ohne Sturz (also ohne Verlust der körperlichen Kontrolle)

[2] Educational language: mental absence, ability to eat, brief scattering

[2] bildungssprachlich: gedankliche Abwesenheit, Geistesabwesenheit, kurze Zerstreutheit

[1] She has an absence
[1] Sie hat eine Absence.

[2] He continued because he was not conscious of her intellectual absence
[2] Er sprach weiter, denn er war ihrer geistigen Absence nicht bewusst.