Usually means: Unexcused absence from school, skipping.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word truancy:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. truancy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. truancy: Merriam-Webster
  3. truancy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. truancy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. truancy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. truancy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Truancy, truancy: Wordnik
  8. truancy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. truancy: Wiktionary
  10. truancy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. truancy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. truancy: Dictionary.com
  13. truancy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Truancy (novel), Truancy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Truancy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. truancy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. truancy: Rhymezone
  18. Truancy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. truancy: FreeDictionary.org
  20. truancy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. truancy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. truancy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. truancy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Truancy: Merck Manuals

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. truancy: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

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