All truancy synonyms
tru·an·cy
T t noun truancy
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
- castoff — thrown away; discarded; abandoned
- absenteeism — Absenteeism is the fact or habit of frequently being away from work or school, usually without a good reason.
- elopement — The act of eloping.
- castoffs — Plural form of castoff.
- joblessness — without a job.
- hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hooky — unjustifiable absence from school, work, etc. (usually used in the phrase play hooky): On the first warm spring day the boys played hooky to go fishing.
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
- malingering — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- elusion — The act of eluding.
- inoperativeness — The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
- awol — If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
- inertness — having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active): inert matter.
- french leave — Sometimes Offensive. a departure without ceremony, permission, or notice: Taking French leave, he evaded his creditors.
- nonappearance — failure to appear, as in a court.
- nonattendance — failure to attend: Members of the society can be dropped for chronic nonattendance.
- awols — a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- desertion — the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
- absence — Someone's absence from a place is the fact that they are not there.
- otiosity — being at leisure; idle; indolent.
adj truancy
- absent without leave — absent from duty without official permission but with no intention of deserting