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Definition of truancy:
Synonyms:
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escape (part of speech: noun)
- elusion,
- emigration,
- circumvention,
- breakout,
- escape,
- getaway,
- evasion
- absence (part of speech: noun)
Usage examples:
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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.