abscondment

English

Etymology

From abscond +‎ -ment.

Noun

abscondment (countable and uncountable, plural abscondments)

1. An act of absconding or escaping
   • 2002, Joan R Mars, Deadly force, colonialism, and the rule of law: police violence in Guyana, page 67:

     Many additional abscondments took place when slaves were sent into the bush […]

Synonyms

• escape, flight, decampment; absconsion, abscondence