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