TRUANCY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Failure to attend (especially school)

Synonyms:

hooky; truancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("truancy" is a kind of...):

nonattendance (the failure to attend)

Derivation:

truant (absent without permission)

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