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Truant
/ˈtɹʊənt ~ ˈtɹuː.ənt/
One who is absent without permission, especially from school.
📖 Definitions of "Truant"
noun
- 1
One who is absent without permission, especially from school.
verb
- 1
To play truant.
"the number of schoolchildren known to have truanted"
- 2
To idle away; to waste.
- 3
To idle away time.
adjective
- 1
Absent without permission, especially from school.
"He didn't graduate because he was chronically truant and didn't have enough attendances to meet the requirement."
- 2
Wandering from business or duty; straying; loitering; idle, and shirking duty.
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