truancy
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truant (ˈtruːənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who is absent without leave, esp from school |
| —adj | |
| 2. | being or relating to a truant |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (intr) to play truant |
| [C13: from Old French: vagabond, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh truan miserable, Old Irish trōg wretched] | |
| 'truancy | |
| —n | |
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Truancy
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example sentences
It is also at this stage that truancy commences, if only for the impossibility of it preceding formalized education.
Truancy laws puts that responsibility on the legal guardian to ensure that they are in school.
To discourage such acts, the city is trying to crack down on truancy and curfew violations.
They were the ones that had an absentee problem in elementary and middle school and a truancy problem in high school.
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