Nonexistence \Non`ex*ist"ence\, n. 1. The state of not existing; absence of existence; the negation of being; -- usually used with reference to existince in the real world, or logical possiblity; as, the nonexistence of vaporware does not go unnoticed long. --A. Baxter.
Syn: nonentity[1]. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. A thing that has no existence. --Sir T. Browne.