Abscond synonyms and antonyms

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flee
To flee is defined as to run away from someone or something to get away from something unpleasant.
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escape (related)
To break loose from confinement; get free:
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decamp
To break or leave camp
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skip
To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
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absquatulate
To die.
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run
To cause to enter; to thrust.
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split
To cast (one's vote) or mark (one's ballot) for candidates of more than one party
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make a getaway
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take-flight
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steal off
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bolt
To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
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scram
(Intransitive) To abruptly insert the control rods of a nuclear reactor, usually in case of emergency shutdown.
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remain (antonym)
To remain is to be left over, to continue to exist or to stay behind after others have gone.
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stay (antonym)
To keep up in a race or contest:
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stop (antonym)
To stop is defined as to block, close, defeat, prevent from moving or bring to an end.
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endure (antonym)
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
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abide (antonym)
(Archaic) To stay; reside (in or at)
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continue (antonym)
The definition of continue means to remain or go on.
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give up (antonym)
To relinquish
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break out
To separate from a bundle
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fly
To avoid; shun:
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get away
To start moving; to depart.
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run away
To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.
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lam
To give a thorough beating to; thrash.
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cut-and-run
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give-someone-the-slip
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take it on the lam
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run-off
To flee or depart quickly.
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go off
To like less.
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make-off
(Intransitive) To run away; to exit
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embezzle (related)
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running-away (related)
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convict (related)
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slip away
(Of time) to pass quickly, almost unnoticed.
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vanish
To go or pass suddenly from sight; disappear
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yield (antonym)
To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty.
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To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation
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blow (or fly) the coop
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free (related)
Free means to release or let go.
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elope
To run away secretly, esp. in order to get married
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Abscond Sentence Examples

  • The Treasurer was a member whose legs were burned, this ensured he could not abscond with the funds!

  • The phrase "to levant," meaning to abscond, especially of one who runs away leaving debts unpaid, particularly of a betting man or gambler, is taken from the Span.

  • Monmouth offered to appear to take his trial, if thereby he could help Russell, and Essex refused to abscond for fear of injuring his friend's chance of escape.

  • But the governor of Syria had sent a demand for Herod's acquittal, and so Hyrcanus adjourned the trial and persuaded the accused to abscond.

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