Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The absence of a child from school without permission.
- noun The neglect of work or duty
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Truant conduct; the habit or practice of playing truant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
shirking from responsibilities and duties – refers especially to schoolabsentees .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun failure to attend (especially school)
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Examples
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In similar fashion, the book-love of the minor Romantics (a kind of mimic or miniaturized bibliomania) allowed for a certain truancy to the high Romantic notions of authorship and the literary imagination that those same essayists were devoted to promulgating.
Introduction 2004
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At Pimlico School, the comprehensive I attended, we used to call truancy "bunking off".
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Yes it can get revoked as you need to show proof of being in school (Its called truancy) until you are in college.
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These are the youngsters who are likely to suffer, according to a measurable matrix of factors such as truancy, disobedience in school, and teen pregnancy.
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These are the youngsters who are likely to suffer, according to a measurable matrix of factors such as truancy, disobedience in school, and teen pregnancy.
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These are the youngsters who are likely to suffer, according to a measurable matrix of factors such as truancy, disobedience in school, and teen pregnancy.
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These are the youngsters who are likely to suffer, according to a measurable matrix of factors such as truancy, disobedience in school, and teen pregnancy.
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Hunter, the board writes, "has an intimate knowledge of the needs of the ward and has smart ideas on how to tackle issues such as truancy and joblessness," adding: "Mr. Hunter is not a supporter of marriage equality, but he is not the homophobe his critics make him out to be, but rather someone who thinks there is a way to provide equality for gays while respecting the beliefs of religious groups."
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When passed, it would limit the amount of time that juveniles are detained for "nondelinquent status offenses," such as truancy, running away or violating curfew, alcohol and tobacco laws.
James Bell: One Size Does Not Fit All: A Slippery Slope to Increased Juvenile Incarceration 2009
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A large number of them, 36,496, were not for violent or dangerous crimes but for status infractions such as truancy, incorrigibility, running away and curfew violations.
Marian Wright Edelman: National Cradle to Prison Pipeline�� Summit This Week 2009
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