stayaway

English

Etymology

Deverbal from stay away.

Noun

stayaway (plural stayaways)

1. A political protest in which participants do not attend their place of work.

   Hypernyms: labor action, industrial action

   Coordinate terms: go-slow, lockout, slowdown, strike, stayout, walkout

2. One who avoids or stays away.
3. One who does not attend something, such as a sports match.
   • 2009 June 15, “Empty seats abound at Cup opener”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     The stayaways missed a goal feast, as Liverpool's Fernando Torres scored a hat trick in the first 17 minutes.

See also

• no-call-no-show
• no-show
• stay-away