verb
- staying away from school without permission
Usage: British
noun
- the act of staying away from school without permission
Usage: British
Examples
- The students were caught truanting in the shopping center.
- She spent the afternoon truanting with her friends.
- Truanting became a serious problem at the school.
- His parents were called about his truanting behavior.
- The teacher noticed several students truanting after lunch.
- Truanting can lead to falling behind in coursework.