What does "truancy" mean?

The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

Truancy

Common synonyms include: abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenteeism.

noun

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Noun

1
The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school. countable, uncountable
2
failure to attend (especially school) wordnet

"Research revealed that the same high truancy levels were to be found in every inner city district."

From truant + -cy.