From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishAWOLAWOL /ˌeɪ ˌdʌbəljuː əʊ ˈel, ˈeɪwɒl $ -oʊ-, ˈeɪwɒːl/ adjective PM (absent without leave) absent from somewhere without permission, especially from the army Two soldiers had gone AWOL the night before.
