non-attendance
Failure to appear
Non-attendance is failure to be present at an event, meeting, or place where one is expected or required: The court issued a warrant for his non-attendance at the hearing.
The term appears most often in formal or institutional contexts—schools tracking student non-attendance, courts noting a defendant's non-attendance.
Also spelled nonattendance.
Habitual failure to attend
Act of escaping detection
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- circumventionAct of going around
boycott · opt-out · nonparticipation · abstention · withdrawal · refusal · declining · exemption
Failure to exercise care
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- defaultPreset standard option
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- irresponsibilityFailure to meet obligations
oversight · lapse · missing · remissness
Withdrawal from involvement
- indifferenceLack of interest
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- unmotivatedLacking incentive or drive
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
Leisure time away
- holidayDay of rest
- furloughGranted absence from work
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
absenteeism
Habitual failure to attend
- truancyUnauthorized absence from school
- hookyUnauthorized school absence
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
bunking · ditching · no-show · AWOL · wagging · jigging · skiving
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
circumvention · boycott · opt-out · nonparticipation · abstention · withdrawal · refusal · declining · exemption · recusal
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- defaultPreset standard option
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
irresponsibility · oversight · lapse · missing · remissness
disengagement
Withdrawal from involvement
- indifferenceLack of interest
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- unmotivatedLacking incentive or drive
unconcerned · detachment · disaffection · dropout · disconnection
vacation
Leisure time away
- holidayDay of rest
- furloughGranted absence from work
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
non-attendanceattendance
Record of who's present
presence · showing up · turning up · appearing · being there
non-attendanceparticipation
Act of taking part
engagement · involvement · active participation · taking part · joining in
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