truancy
noun/ˈtruːənsi/
/ˈtruːənsi/
[uncountable]- the practice of staying away from school without permission
- Truancy rates at the school are very high.
Extra Examples- a government campaign to cut truancy
- measures to combat persistent truancy in our schools
- parents who condone their children's truancy
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- persistent
- combat
- tackle
- cut
- …
- level
- rate
- crackdown
- …
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