Noun
The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable. George Ade
Rather would I have the love songs of romantic ages, rather Don Juan and Madame Venus, rather an elopement by ladder and rope on a moonlight night, followed by the father's curse, mother's moans, and the moral comments of neighbors, than correctness and propriety measured by yardsticks. Emma Goldman
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism, which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid. Arthur Conan Doyle
A fake elopement takes an unlikely—but totally engaging—pair on a wild journey to Scotland in a sexy, nonstop adventure that is witty, offbeat, and often hilarious. Source: Internet
Soon Phyllis arrives, and she and Strephon share a moment of tenderness as they plan their future and possible elopement ("Good-morrow, good lover"; "None shall part us from each other"). Source: Internet
Eva emerges from the house in Magdalene’s garments, ready for the elopement but Sachs opens his door, flooding the street with light. Source: Internet