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RELATED WORDS : absence without leave air sick anointing of the sick be sick beg leave compassionate leave french leave leave leave alone leave behind leave no stone unturned leave of absence leave off leave office leave out leave well enough alone leave word on leave sabbatical leave shore leave sick sick bag sick bay sick benefit sick berth sick call sick headache sick joke sick list sick mind sick of sick parade sick pay sick person take leave terminal leave

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sick leave has 1 sense

• sick leave(n = noun.time) - a leave of absence from work because of illness;
is a kind of leave, leave of absence

THESAURUS

sick leave

AWOL, French leave, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, cut, day off, default, departure, disappearance, escape, excused absence, fleeing, furlough, holiday, hooky, leave, leave of absence, leaving, nonappearance, nonattendance, running away, sabbatical leave, truancy, truantism, unexcused absence, vacation

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