truancy

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truancy

Rhymes with -ʊənsi

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From truant + -cy.

noun truancies

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

    Similar: beaking, bunking, bobbing, cutting class, dipping, ditching, dogging, going on the hop, going on the lang, going on the mitch, jigging, kidding

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noun the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties

Españoldiábetes, ausentismo
한국어무단 결석 mudan gyeolseog
日本語不登校 futokō, 登校拒否 tōkō kyohi
中文逃學 /逃学 táoxué, 曠課 /旷课 kuàngkè
Portuguêsabsentismo, falta
Françaisabsentéisme
DeutschSchwänzen, Schwänzerei, Schulverweigerung, Schulschwänzen, Absentismus, Schulvermeidung
Italianoassenteismo
Ελληνικάσκασιαρχείο skasiarcheío, φυγοπονία fygoponía
Русскийпрогу́л progúl

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@misc{truancy_2026,
  title = {truancy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/truancy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}