abscondment

English

Etymology

abscond +‎ -ment

Noun

abscondment (countable and uncountable, plural abscondments)

An act of absconding or escaping
- 2002, Joan R Mars, Deadly force, colonialism, and the rule of law: police violence in Guyana, page 67:
  Many additional abscondments took place when slaves were sent into the bush […]

Synonyms

escape, flight, decampment; absconsion, abscondence

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