leave of absence

noun phrase

1
: permission to be absent from duty or employment
2

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Judge Irv Maze is substituting in the seventh division of Jefferson Circuit Court while Judge Melissa Logan Bellows is out on a leave of absence. Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 In February 2023, a sudden onset of mysterious symptoms landed Hope, 6, in the hospital for two weeks and forced Kotb to take a leave of absence from the Today show. Julia Moore, People.com, 28 May 2025 Hanson noted on Friday that the organization’s executive director, Jenne Nelson, had taken a leave of absence to work in the Ward 4 office at City Hall, leaving much of the organization’s day-to-day management on the shoulders of a single staffer. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2025 According to the 2nd century text, an unknown Roman senator who rose to the high rank of praetor once requested that Caligula grant him a leave of absence due to an undescribed ailment. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for leave of absence

Word History

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 29 Jul. 2025.

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