Abscond Synonyms and Antonyms

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To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. escape
  2. flee
  3. decamp
  4. absquatulate
  5. bolt
  6. break out
  7. steal off
  8. fly
  9. get away
  10. elope
  11. run away
  12. slip away
  13. run
  14. lam
  15. scram
  16. skip
  17. run-off
  18. split
  19. vanish
  20. go off
  21. make-off
Antonyms:
  1. remain
  2. stay
  3. stop
  4. endure
  5. abide
  6. continue
  7. give up
  8. yield

Words Related to Abscond

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. free
  2. embezzle
  3. running-away
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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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