Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - awol

1. AWOL is an abbreviation for ‘absent without leave’. If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 2. If you say that someone has gone AWOL, you mean that they have disappeared without telling anyone where they were going. (INFORMAL) ADJ: usu v-link ADJ