truancy

Plural: truancies

Noun

• The act of staying away from school without permission.
• failure to attend (especially school)
• The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

Examples

• His ’truancy’ from playing valid words resulted in a low score this round.

Synonyms

hooky, beaking, bobbing, bunking, cutting class, dipping, ditching, dogging, going on the hop, going on the lang, going on the mitch, jigging, kidding, mitching, pawning, pipping, playing hooky, poning, sculling, self-motivated field trip, skidgin, skipping, skiving, sluffing, truancy, truantness, tula, wagging

Related Words

absenteeism, play hooky, shirk