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Awol

//ˈeɪ̯.wɔl// adj, noun, num

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Absent without official leave (permission). not-comparable

    "The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of AWOL. alt-of, not-comparable

    "Back in the city's littered bivouac he walked among the tenements of home like an awol private returning to barracks from which his old outfit had long ago convoyed and scattered for keeps."

Adjective
  1. 1
    absent without permission wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of AWOL. alt-of
  3. 3
    one who is away or absent without leave wordnet
  4. 4
    A person who holds AWOL status.
  5. 5
    Somebody who is absent without permission. broadly
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  1. 6
    Someone or something missing. figuratively
Numeral
  1. 1
    first

Etymology

Etymology 1

Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military.

Etymology 2

Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay awal, from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

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