What does "awol" mean?

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.

Awol

Q: What is a synonym for "awol"?

Common synonyms include: french leave, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absent, absent without leave.

//ˈeɪ̯.wɔl// adj, noun, num

adj, noun, num ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

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
Alternative letter-case form of AWOL. alt-of
3
one who is away or absent without leave wordnet
4
A person who holds AWOL status.
5
Somebody who is absent without permission. broadly

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6
Someone or something missing. figuratively

Adjective

1
Absent without official leave (permission). not-comparable
"The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers."
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."