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Noun
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Absence from school or work
AWOL
absenteeism
truancy
truantry
nonappearance
nonattendance
vacancy
French leave
no show
“Police say she was playing hooky from school, drinking and swimming with friends in a pool.”
Noun
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The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school
absence
truancy
truanting
truantry
ditching
skiving
wagging
shirking
absence without leave
unexcused absence
bunking off
class cutting
class skipping
playing hookey
playing hooky
playing truant
goofing off
playing the wag
French leave
being AWOL
AWOL
cut
absent without leave
absenteeism
unannounced departure
abrupt departure
secret departure
nonattendance
default
nonappearance
defection
desertion
cutting class
non-attendance
skipping
Adjective
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Being or relating to a truant
truant
absent
away
missing
gone
astray
AWOL
skiving
A.W.O.L.
not present
no-show
playing hooky
skipping school
absent without leave
cutting class
out
unavailable
off
disappeared
non-attending
in absentia
absconding
wanted
deserting
withdrawn
lost
displaced
flown
split
vanished
decamped
MIA
elsewhere
lacking
out the window
taken leave
taken a powder
not a sign of
not here
moved out
run-off
missing in action
nonattendant
wagging
on leave
not working
bunking off
on holiday
nobody home
off duty
not at work
nonexistent
wanting
non-existent
not to be found
not there
short
removed
not at home
abroad
deficient
scarce
lost in action
not included
left out
nowhere to be found
outside
on vacation
not in
gone away
away from home
few and far between
omitted
in short supply
left behind
in other places
at another place
in another place
somewhere else
at a different place
in a different place
devoid
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