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Definition of truancy:

The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant; as, addicted to truancy.

Synonyms:

truantry, cut, hooky.

escape (part of speech: noun)
- elusion,
- emigration,
- circumvention,
- breakout,
- escape,
- getaway,
- evasion
absence (part of speech: noun)
- lack,
- vacancy,
- absence,
- want,
- omission,
- emptiness,
- abstraction,
- void,
- nonexistence,
- vacuity

Usage examples:

He looked up wickedly, bubbling over with the shameless joys of truancy.

- "The Miller Of Old Church", Ellen Glasgow.
She had been merely pretending to enjoy their hour of truancy, but she would miss it none the less.

- "The Truants", A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason.
At present there is none except the fanciful line drawn against truancy, which, to a boy who has learned the tricks of the telegraph messenger, is very elastic indeed.

- "The Children of the Poor", Jacob A. Riis.