absence without leave

1. 1.

   unauthorized military absence

   Synonymsunauthorized absence

   Broaderdesertion

   military

Questions about absence without leave

What does absence without leave mean?

absence without leave means "unauthorized military absence".

What is another word for absence without leave?

Close synonyms include unauthorized absence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is absence without leave a common word?

absence without leave is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.