French leave

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A departure taken quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone.

   “As for Ditton, after all his courting, and his compliment, he ſtole avvay an Iriſhman's bride, and took a French leave of me and his maſter; […]”

2. isim Desertion or temporary absence from duty or service without permission; absence without leave, AWOL.

   “he may have felt a particular need to mitigate the responsibility of those who shirked their duty, for as he wrote that letter he had just returned from French leave himself.”