Absent without permission, especially from school. / Wandering from business or duty; straying; loitering; idle, and shirking duty.

One who is absent without permission, especially from school.

(intransitive) To play truant. / (transitive) To idle away; to waste. / To idle away time.

plural of truant

simple past tense and past participle of truant

present participle of truant

Truancy.

plural of truanting

An official responsible for investigating people who may be truant and compelling their attendance.

To be absent from school without permission.