truancy

simple noun11 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.6

Describes truancy that happens frequently or for a long time.

The frequency at which truancy occurs within a certain group or area.

The amount or extent of truancy.

A serious and concerted effort to punish or stop truancy.

A coordinated operation to find many truant students in an area at once.

A group that moves around an area to find and deal with truant students.

To make a determined effort to deal with the problem of truancy.

To make the problem of truancy smaller in scale.

To take strong action to stop or reduce truancy.

To decrease the number of students who are truant.

To accept or forgive the act of being truant, even though it is wrong.