13
absence(noun, state, absence, nonappearance)
11
truancy(noun, state, cut, absence, leapfrogging)
7
furlough
7
nonattendance(noun, cut, absence, truancy, nonappearance)
6
desertion(noun, state)
6
hooky(noun, cut, nonappearance)
5
skipping(noun, state, absence, leapfrogging)
4
default
4
defection(noun, state)
3
French leave(noun, expression, cut, departure, nonappearance)
3
cut(noun, nonappearance)
2
absences
2
day off
2
departure
1
absent
1
disappearance
1
holiday
1
leave
1
leave of absence(expression, idiom)
1
leaving
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