AWOL

See also: awol, a.w.o.l., and A.W.O.L.

English

Alternative forms

• awol, a.w.o.l., A.W.O.L.

Etymology

Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ̯.wɔl/, /ˈeɪ̯.wɑl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈʔɐ.wɔl/

Adjective

AWOL (not comparable)

1. (originally military) Absent without official leave (permission).

   The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers.

Derived terms

• go AWOL

Translations

absent without permission

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• German: unerlaubt abwesend, eigenmächtig abwesend
• Haitian Creole: fòlòp
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• Polish: nieobecny bez zezwolenia
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• Russian: Отсутствие без разрешения на уход. (Otsutstvije bez razrešenija na uxod.)
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Noun

AWOL (plural AWOLs)

1. (military) Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.
2. (military) A person who holds AWOL status.
3. (by extension) Somebody who is absent without permission.
4. (figuratively) Someone or something missing.

Synonyms

• (departure from military duty without permission): French leave; UA (“unauthorized absence”)
• (other departure without permission): French leave; no-call-no-show (chiefly business)

Translations

military: absence without proper authority

• Finnish: luvaton poissaolo, (slang) puntis (fi)
• German: unerlaubte Entfernung f unerlaubte Entfernung von der Truppe f; unerlaubte Abwesenheit f; unerlaubte Abwesenheit von der Truppe f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tyvperm m, tjuvperm m

• Portuguese: desertor (pt)
• Russian: самово́льная отлу́чка f (samovólʹnaja otlúčka), самово́льное увольне́ние n (samovólʹnoje uvolʹnénije), самово́лка (ru) f (samovólka) (colloquial), самохо́д (ru) m (samoxód) (slang)
• Spanish: ausente sin licencia, desertor (es) m, desertora f
• Swedish: bondpermission (sv) c, frånvaro utan giltig orsak c

military: person who holds AWOL status

• Finnish: punttaaja (fi)
• Spanish: desertor (es) m

generic: one who is absent without permission

• Finnish: lintsari (fi)
• German: unerlaubt Abwesender
• Italian: assente senza permesso, assente ingiustificato m

figuratively: someone or something missing

• French: porté disparu (fr)

Anagrams

• alow