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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)