noun, feminine/eɡsθeˈdenθja/plural: excedencias
excedencia is feminine in Spanish.
leave of absence
“La estrategia la diseñó José Fernando Cerro Redondo, abogado del Estado en excedencia.” — The strategy was designed by José Fernando Cerro Redondo, state lawyer on leave.
Synonyms: permiso
Pseudo-Latinism, as if from nonexistent *excedentia. Formed from exceder + -encia, using the original Latin meaning "to leave, to go out/away" of exceder (normally "to exceed").