Associations to the word «Absenteeism»

Wiktionary

ABSENTEEISM, noun. The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
ABSENTEEISM, noun. The practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

Dictionary definition

ABSENTEEISM, noun. Habitual absence from work.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats