Thesaurus / truancy
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I would hate to see on September 1st that — even 2 percent of students — just do not want to return and do not have a medical condition and the only option for them is truancy.
D.C. MAYOR SAYS ALL STUDENTS WILL BE BACK IN CLASSROOM FULL TIME IN FALL. CAN SHE PULL IT OFF?PERRY STEINMAY 30, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIncorrigibility, like truancy or running away, is a status offense, deemed a violation of the law only because it is committed by a minor.
JUDGES ARE LOCKING UP CHILDREN FOR NONCRIMINAL OFFENSES LIKE REPEATEDLY DISOBEYING THEIR PARENTS AND SKIPPING SCHOOLBY JODI S. COHEN AND DUAA ELDEIBDECEMBER 22, 2020PROPUBLICAThen there is the lure of the water, which explains more than half his school truancy during the open season.
THE MINISTER AND THE BOYALLAN HOBENWith the help of the principal of the school make a study of some specific cases of truancy.
THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN NATUREWILLIAM HENRY PYLEWith even, passionless voice, with almost no sign of penitence, he told her the story of the day's truancy.
THE MAJORRALPH CONNORThe thought of Persis came to him now with the charm of all three—honey, truancy to duty, and danger.
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY?RUPERT HUGHESWe learn the probable reason for the lads truancy from Beethovens statement at the examination in court on December 11th.
THE LIFE OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, VOLUME II (OF 3)ALEXANDER WHEELOCK THAYERAt this sight my truancy to discretion was over, and no head could be more wakeful or clear than mine instantly became.
RED MEN AND WHITEOWEN WISTERSchool life was characterized throughout by truancy and disobedience and finally terminated in expulsion.
STUDIES IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRYBERNARD GLUECKHis school career is characterized by truancy, and he never made an effort at an industrial career.
STUDIES IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRYBERNARD GLUECKWORDS RELATED TO TRUANCY
- dawdling
- dilly-dallying
- dormancy
- droning
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vegetating
- dawdling
- dilly-dallying
- dormancy
- droning
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- idleness
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- inoperativeness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stagnation
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vegetating
- dawdling
- dilly-dallying
- dormancy
- droning
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- inoperativeness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stagnation
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vegetating
- dawdling
- dilly-dallying
- dormancy
- droning
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stagnation
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vegetating
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