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Noun: truancy  troo-un(t)-see
  1. Failure to attend (especially school)
    "The school implemented new measures to combat truancy";
    - hooky [N. Amer, informal], skive [Brit, informal], hookey [N. Amer]

Derived forms: truancies

Type of: nonattendance

Encyclopedia: Truancy