noun. Habitual failure to appear, especially for work or other regular duty.

noun. The rate of occurrence of habitual absence from work or duty.

noun. The practice or habit of being an absentee; the practice of absenting one's self from one's country, station, estate, etc.

noun. The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

noun. The practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

noun. habitual absence from work

"Another cause of widespread absenteeism is the fact that many teachers are posted to remote rural districts to which they have no previous ties or inclination to live."

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