AWOL
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Acronym of absent without leave, originally used in the United States military.
Adjective
AWOL (not comparable)
- (military and generic) Absent without official leave (permission).
- The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers.
Translations
absent without permission
Noun
AWOL (plural AWOLs)
- (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.
- (military) A person who holds AWOL status.
- (generic) Somebody who is absent without permission.
- (figuratively) Someone or something missing.
Translations
military: absence without proper authority
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military: person who holds AWOL status
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generic: one who is absent without permission
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figuratively: someone or something missing
See also
- French leave
- no-call-no-show
- UA (“unauthorized absence”)