truancy
nounEtymology From truant + -cy.
1
The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.
- Synonyms
27 terms
beaking, bunking, bobbing, cutting class, dipping, ditching, dogging, going on the hop, going on the lang, going on the mitch, jigging, kidding, mitching, pawning, pipping, playing hooky, poning, sculling, self-motivated field trip, skipping, skiving, skidgin, sluffing, truancy, truantness, tula, wagging- Derived terms
- antitruancy
- Related terms
- absenteeism, play hooky, shirk