abscondence
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (US) IPA(key): /æbz.ˈkɑn.dn̩ts/, /æbz.ˈkɑn.dn̩s/, /æb.ˈskɑn.dn̩ts/, /æb.ˈskɑn.dn̩s/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
abscondence (plural abscondences)
- (rare) The act of absconding, or illicitly escaping; hiding of a fugitive. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]
- 1976, Henry R. Rollin, “The care of the mentally abnormal offender and the protection of the public”, in Journal of Medical Ethics, :
- Security as a result became a thing of the past, and as a corollary, abscondences rose dramatically.
- 1998, Compulsory treatment for alcohol use disorders[1], page 315:
- The staff feared that earlier transfer to unlocked units would increase the abscondence.
References edit
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abscondence”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.