AWOL

See also: awol, a.w.o.l., and A.W.O.L.

English

Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military.

AWOL (not comparable)

(originally military) Absent without official leave (permission).
The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers.

absent without permission

AWOL (plural AWOLs)

(military) Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.
(military) A person who holds AWOL status.
(by extension) Somebody who is absent without permission.
(figuratively) Someone or something missing.

(departure from military duty without permission): French leave; UA (“unauthorized absence”)
(other departure without permission): French leave; no-call-no-show (chiefly business)

military: absence without proper authority

Finnish: luvaton poissaolo, (slang) puntis (fi)
German: unerlaubte Entfernung f unerlaubte Entfernung von der Truppe f; unerlaubte Abwesenheit f; unerlaubte Abwesenheit von der Truppe f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tyvperm m, tjuvperm m
Portuguese: desertor (pt)
Russian: самово́льная отлу́чка f (samovólʹnaja otlúčka), самово́льное увольне́ние n (samovólʹnoje uvolʹnénije), самово́лка (ru) f (samovólka) (colloquial), самохо́д (ru) m (samoxód) (slang)
Spanish: ausente sin licencia, desertor m, desertora f
Swedish: bondpermission (sv) c, frånvaro utan giltig orsak c

military: person who holds AWOL status

generic: one who is absent without permission

figuratively: someone or something missing

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