Meaning

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

    Schwänzen, Schwänzerei, Schulverweigerung

    прогу́лprogúl

    прогу́лprohúl

More definitions
  • failure to attend (especially school)

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Research revealed that the same high truancy levels were to be found in every inner city district.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties:
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties:

Origin

From truant + -cy.

From truant + -cy.

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Forms

plural: truancies
Singulartruancy
Pluraltruancies

regular

Synonyms

28 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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