abscondment
/əbˈskɒn(d)m(ə)nt/ /abˈskɒn(d)m(ə)nt/rare before 19th cent
noun
The action or an act of absconding; especially flight from creditors, arrest, or custody.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Franck (c1624–c1708), travel writer. From abscond + -ment. Compare French †absconsement hiding place, action of absconding.
- on one's own account
- on one's own ground
- on one's own hook
- on one's own initiative
- on one's own responsibility
- on one's plate
- on one's toes
- on one's uppers
- Onopordon
- Onopordum
- on (or at or in) every corner
- on (or at) sight
- on (or by) foot
- on order
- verglas
- veridical
- veridicality
- veridically
- veriest
- verifiable
- verifiably
- verification
- verification principle
- verifier
- verify