leave of absence

noun phrase

1
: permission to be absent from duty or employment
2

Examples of leave of absence in a Sentence

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His tenure there was interrupted by a personal leave of absence for mental-health reasons that spanned a full season and part of another. Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 7 Mar. 2025 Shapiro is currently on a leave of absence from her role as professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025 Mayor on medical leave In other Mooresville news, Mayor Chris Carney has taken a medical leave of absence after the death of a close family friend and his father being placed in hospice care, commissioner and mayor pro tem Eddie Dingler said at Monday’s Board of Commissioners meeting. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025 Tracking Of Workplace Accommodations And Leaves Of Absence Many HR teams are currently struggling with managing leave of absence and workplace accommodations by using manual tools like spreadsheets and Outlook. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for leave of absence

Word History

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of leave of absence was in 1756

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“Leave of absence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leave%20of%20absence. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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