abscondment

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

decampment flight escape departure exit hide flee disappear leak abandonment leakage escapement lurk breakout getaway

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Antonyms

arrival martyrdom

Hypernyms

abandonment defection desertion

Examples

Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, at a news conference in Ikeja, Lagos, said the huge figures being announced as positive cases in Lagos were just on paper as there is increasing rate of abscondment in the state. Source: Internet

They went straight to the police to open a case of abscondment. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

abscondence absconder absconding absconsa absconsio absconsion