noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An act of absconding or escaping countable, uncountable

   "Many additional abscondments took place when slaves were sent into the bush […"

2. 2
   the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

decampmentabscondenceabsconsionescapeescapeflight

Example

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"Many additional abscondments took place when slaves were sent into the bush […"

Etymology

From abscond + -ment.

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