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sick leave

sick leave noun: paid absence from work specifically to recover from illness.

Noun

sick leave (uncountable)

  1. Paid absence from work specifically to recover from illness.
    Synonyms:
    medical leave

sick leave meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Myanmar

sick leave in Tamil

நோய் விடுப்பு, நோய்க்கால விடுப்பு, சீக்குவிடுப்பு

sick leave in Arabic

a type of leave from work
إِجَازَة مَرَضِيَّة

sick leave in Myanmar

a type of leave from work
နာမကျန်းခွင့် nama.kyan:hkwang.

Synonyms of sick leave

  • medical leave

Questions about sick leave

What does sick leave mean?
Sick leave means paid absence from work specifically to recover from illness.
What is sick leave in Tamil?
Sick leave in Tamil is நோய் விடுப்பு, நோய்க்கால விடுப்பு, சீக்குவிடுப்பு. See Sick leave meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sick leave?
Sick leave is a noun.

Words near sick leave in the dictionary

  1. sick days
  2. sick headache
  3. sick headaches
  4. sick joke
  5. sick jokes
  6. sick leave
  7. sick list
  8. sick lists
  9. sick lit
  10. sick man
  11. sick man of Asia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sick leave (page history and authors); sick leave (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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