administrative leave

noun

A leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation.

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Meanings

nounadministrative leave (usually uncountable, plural administrative leaves)

plural administrative leaves

  1. uncountableusuallyA leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation.

    The moves also came just one day before almost all of the agency’s direct hires, including its roster of Foreign Service officers, will be put on indefinite administrative leave.

    2025 February 6, Karoun Demirjian, Aishvarya Kavi, “Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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APA

administrative leave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/administrative%20leave

MLA

“administrative leave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/administrative%20leave. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “administrative leave,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/administrative%20leave.

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