Meaning & use
truancies
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Instances of staying away from school without permission or valid reason.
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His frequent truancies eventually led to a meeting with the school counselor.
The report tracked truancies across all the district's high schools.
A note on using this word
Truancies is the plural of 'truancy'; the related adjective 'truant' describes a student who skips school without permission.
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absencesskipping
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