noun
the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty (Freq. 1)
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a ten day's leave to visit his mother
• Syn: ↑leave
• Hypernyms: ↑time off
• Hyponyms:
↑furlough, ↑pass, ↑compassionate leave, ↑sabbatical, ↑sabbatical leave, ↑shore leave, ↑liberty, ↑sick leave, ↑terminal leave
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noun, pl leaves of absence
1 [noncount] : permission to be away from a job for a period of time
He was granted/given leave of absence.
2 : a period of time when someone has special permission to be away from a job : ↑leave
[count]
He took two unpaid leaves of absence.
[noncount]
She has been on leave of absence for almost two years.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.