3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

awol

adjective

1: absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week" [syn: {truant}]

2: having deserted your post or station without leave

noun: one who is away or absent without leave

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

47 Moby Thesaurus words for "AWOL": French leave, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absent without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, absquatulation, bolt, cut, day off, decampment, default, departure, desertion, disappearance, disappearing act, elopement, escape, excused absence, exit, fleeing, flight, fugitation, furlough, hasty retreat, hegira, holiday, hooky, leave, leave of absence, leaving, nonappearance, nonattendance, quick exit, running away, sabbatical leave, scramming, sick leave, skedaddle, skedaddling, truancy, truant, truantism, unexcused absence, vacation

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

AWOL Abesent WithOut Leave (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
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