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truant

truant

3 6.0
Not at school when you should be and without permission
  • adjective
  • /ˈtruːənt/
translation icon : ausente
  • The principal is concerned about the rising number of truant students in the school.
  • chronically truant
  • truant kids
  • truant officers

So I, I was never at risk of sort of a truant conduct.

Examples

  • They wandered the day like truant boys without purpose.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Many students were truant from school last week, skipping classes without permission.

  • "She became truant from school, fought with her parents, and beat up her younger sister.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Not sure what it is like today, but when I was in high school, there were consequences in my house for being late or truant.

    Blog text (17)

  • The VP and I knew you two were close, so the VP and I came to ask you questions, but you were truant.

    Brick (2006)

  • Kathryn occasionally speaks to the girl, who is wildly truant and heavily endowed with attitude, in the corridors at school.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Being truant can lead to serious consequences such as suspension or legal action.

Synonyms

AWOL
vstruant
  • Jargon
10 8.0

Absent from work or duty without permission

is used for absence from school or civilian duty without permission

Antonyms

present
392 1.0

Being in a place or at an event

Surface Forms

truant positive

Etymology

Truant once meant a 'wandering beggar' in old French, someone who roamed instead of working. That's why today truant as an adjective describes someone, often a student, who is 'absent without permission' from school.