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Truancy is defined as being absent without permission.

(noun)

An example of truancy is when you skip out on going to school for no reason.

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See truancy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. pl. truancies the act or an instance of playing truant
  2. the state of being truant

See truancy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. tru·an·cies
The act or condition of being absent without permission.

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