furlough

Oxford Learners
[uncountable, countable]

1. ​permission to leave your duties for a period of time, especially for soldiers working in a foreign country
The plane was full of soldiers going home on furlough.
a six-week furlough
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2. (North American English) permission for a prisoner to leave prison for a period of time
He was released on a weekend furlough.
The prisoner failed to return from a furlough.

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