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   AWOL

   /ˈāˌwôl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. absent without official leave but without intent to desert: "we not only dealt with the enemy but with servicemen who had gone AWOL"
   • ▪ absent from where one should be; missing: "if, having been treated in this way, students go AWOL, no one should be surprised"

   Word Origin late 19th century: acronym from absent without (official) leave.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   • O

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