leave of absence

1. 1.

   the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty

   “a ten day's leave to visit his mother”

   Synonymsleave

   Broadertime off

   Narrowerfurloughpasscompassionate leavesabbaticalshore leavesick leaveterminal leave

Questions about leave of absence

What does leave of absence mean?

leave of absence means "the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty".

What is another word for leave of absence?

Close synonyms include leave. 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 leave of absence a common word?

leave of absence 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.