12
absence(noun, state, absence, nonappearance, absenteeism)
10
hooky(noun, cut, informal, seek, absence)
7
absenteeism(noun, state, cut, absence, nonappearance)
5
escape(noun, verb, escape, retreat, abandonment)
4
cut(noun, informal, seek, absence, nonappearance)
4
nonattendance(noun, cut, absence, nonappearance, absenteeism)
3
absent without leave(noun, expression, adjective, idiom, absent)
3
departure(noun, escape, retreat, abandonment, flight)
3
desertion(noun, escape, abandonment, flight, disappearance)
3
elusion(noun, escape, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment)
3
evasion(noun, escape, retreat, abandonment, flight)
3
nonappearance(cut, avoidance, absenteeism)
3
truantry(noun, cut, seek, absence)
2
French leave(noun, expression, cut, departure, desertion)
2
disappearance(escape, abandonment, flight, absconding, desertion)
2
hibernation(noun, inactivity, lethargy, trifling, laziness)
2
idleness(noun, inactivity, lethargy, trifling, laziness)
2
leaving(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance, betrayal)
2
non-appearance
2
non-attendance
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