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Abscond Moderate

Abscond has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

"The thief made off with our silver"

"the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

2

To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
flee
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
levant

Origin

The word comes from the Latin verb abscondō, meaning "to hide." It is formed by combining the prefix abs- ("away") with condō ("to put together or store").

Rhyming Words
ond bond gond fond pond yond cond ycond trond khond frond ayond stond hoond brond blond grond almond esmond namond
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