Look up: truancy

1. truancy
   [Noun] When children stay away from school without permission.
   Example: The levels of truancy in the local school are very high.
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2. truancy
   [n] - failure to attend (especially school)
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3. truancy
   hooky noun failure to attend (especially school)
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4. Truancy
   • (n.) The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant; as, addicted to truancy.
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5. Truancy
   `Truancy` is any intentional unauthorized absence from compulsory schooling. The term typically describes absences caused by students of their own free will, and usually does not refer to legitimate "excused" absences, such as ones related to medical conditions. The term`s exact meaning di...
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6. Truancy
   (novel) ISBN 0-7653-1767-2 --> `Truancy` is a dystopian novel written by Isamu Fukui, a New York City student in Stuyvesant High School, when he was 15 years old. Set in a totalitarian city ruled by its Mayor and Educators, it follows the story of a fifteen-year-old student named Tack,...
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