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单词 abscondment
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abscondmentn.

Brit. /əbˈskɒn(d)m(ə)nt/, /abˈskɒn(d)m(ə)nt/, U.S. /æbˈskɑn(d)m(ə)nt/, /əbˈskɑn(d)m(ə)nt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abscond v., -ment suffix.
Etymology: < abscond v. + -ment suffix. Compare French †absconsement hiding place, action of absconding (15th cent. in Middle French; apparently not attested after 1611). Compare earlier absconsion n.
rare before 19th cent.
The action or an act of absconding; esp. flight from creditors, arrest, or custody.In quot. 1694: a place of concealment.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] > concealed condition
hiding?c1225
concealment1608
latency1615
delitescence1632
concealedness1635
latentness1660
abscondment1694
delitescencya1697
occultation1758
latence1794
caving1867
1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 284 You may observe him in Holes or hollow Banks..out of which Abscondments any Man may angle him, that contrives but a Worm neatly on the end of a Wand.
1841 Northern Star & Leeds Gen. Advertiser 30 Jan. 3/6 (headline) Abscondment of a whole board of directors, with £200,000.
1843 Times 9 Sept. 6/3 The negotiation of certain bills improperly endorsed by Mr Burdekin, on the very day..of the abscondment.
1953 D. H. Stott Saving Children from Delinquency vii. 131 Provided a lad is tolerable in his personal habits there is no reason why the authorities or the foster-parents should be discouraged by occasional abscondments.
1996 I. Bamforth Open Workings 61 Only my wife fully grasped my abscondment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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