unexcused absence
Skipping without permission
An unexcused absence is failing to appear somewhere—school, work, court—without an accepted justification.
The distinction from excused absence matters because unexcused absences often trigger consequences: detention, lost pay, or contempt charges.
Three unexcused absences and you fail the course.
The determination of what counts as excused typically rests with whoever's keeping attendance.
- truantUnauthorized school no-show
- truancy officerEnforces compulsory school attendance
- skipTo deliberately exclude
- skipping schoolUnauthorized absence from class
- ditchingHastily discarding something
hooky · tardy · detention · suspension · school policy · note · principal · roll call · missing · AWOL · no-show · call in sick · cutting class · playing hooky · doctor's note · forged · parents · office
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- attendanceattendance, present, here, attendance sheet, attendance log
- school attendanceattendance, truancy, tardy, attendance record, attendance rate
- school absencessick day, snow day, holiday break, summer break, spring break
- attendance trackingattendance log, roll call, attendance sheet, sign-in sheet, headcount
- truancytruancy, skipping class, skipping school, cutting class, cutting school
unexcused absenceexcused absence
Permitted time away
sick day · personal day · bereavement leave · medical leave · family leave
unexcused absenceattendance
Record of who's present
presence · showing up · perfect attendance · clocking in · reporting for duty
unexcused, absence, excuse, excused, excuses, excusing, excusable, inexcusable, absent