Abscondment
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act of absconding or escaping countable, uncountable
"Many additional abscondments took place when slaves were sent into the bush […"
- 2 the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Many additional abscondments took place when slaves were sent into the bush […"
Etymology
From abscond + -ment.