elopingn.
/ɪˈləʊpɪŋ/ The action of elope v.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [noun] > desertion > by wife with lover
elopement1641
eloping1783
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > wife's running off with lover
elopement1641
eloping1783
1783 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 9) ii. viii If a woman voluntarily leaves (which the law calls eloping from) her husband.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
elopingadj.
/ɪˈləʊpɪŋ/ That elopes, in various senses.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > of something confined
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escaping1870
riggish1881
venting1974
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [adjective] > deserting by wife with lover
eloping1700
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > adulterous > of wife: running off with lover
eloping1700
1700 R. Blackmore Paraphr. Job vi. 24 Th' eloping Flood did from its Channel stray.
1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent Epil. There's dreadful dealing with Eloping Wives.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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