Dictionary

truancy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From truant + -cy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

Forms

Deriveds

antitruancy

Relateds

absenteeism · shirk · play hooky

Synonyms

dipping · skiving · truantness · ditching · wagging · mitching · jigging · going on the hop · beaking · poning · bunking · pawning · dogging · sluffing · sculling · self-motivated field trip · cutting class · going on the mitch · pipping · skipping · truancy · playing hooky · kidding · going on the lang · bobbing · tula · skidgin

Translations (44)

de Absentismus (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · az işburaxma (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · cy triwantiaeth (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · pt absentismo (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · fi rokuli (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · el φυγοπονία (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · de Bummelantentum (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · pt falta (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · pl wagarowanie (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · de Schulverweigerung (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · fi pinnaaminen (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · cmn 曠課 /旷课 (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · nl schoolverzuim (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · bg кръшкане (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · es diábetes (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · fi lintsaaminen (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · ru прогу́л (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · cmn 逃學 /逃学 (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · de Schulversäumnis (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · it assenteismo (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · el σκασιαρχείο (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · de Schwänzerei (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · de Schulschwänzerei (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · da fravær (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · hu lógás (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · de Schulvermeidung (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · cs chození za školu (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · da pjækken (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · hu iskolakerülés (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · ca absentisme (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · de Schwänzen (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · de Schulschwänzen (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · fr absentéisme (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · ja 登校拒否 (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · es ausentismo (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · ja 不登校 (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · pl wagary (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · nl spijbelen (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · de Versäumen (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · nb skulking (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · uk прогу́л (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · sv skolk (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · cs záškoláctví (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties) · az dərsburaxma (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)