truancynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈtruː.ən.si/us/ˈtruː.ən.si/UK also truantingthe problem or situation of children being absent from school regularly without permission:
My daughter's school has very good exam results and hardly any truancy.
Truanting was a serious problem in a fifth of the schools surveyed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not going to school
- absentee
- exclude
- exclusion
- flunk
- flunk out
- gap year
- hooky
- skive
- study holiday
- suspend
- suspension
- truant
- truant officer
- vac
- vacation