abscond

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
2. (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
3. (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
4. (intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
5. (transitive, uncommon) To evade, to hide or flee from.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To conceal; to take away.

Synonyms

run away

escape

flee

run off

go off

desert

🏜️

disappear

make off

elope

decamp

fly the coop

bolt

absquatulate

slip away

break away

dodge

get away

steal

steal away

go into hiding

dissipate

perish

play truant

run

cheat

beetle

🪲

skedaddle

skin

skip

skulk

slink

beat a hasty retreat

slip off

sneak

skip class

slip away unobserved

take away

cut and run

vanish

conceal oneself

cut class

go underground

hide away

make off with

play hookey

slink off

steal off

fly

✈️

take flight

fade

Translations

wegrennen

s’enfuir

fuggire

weglopen

fugarse

δραπετεύω

scappare

kaçmak

drossen

fugir

το σκάω

fortlaufen

flüchten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əbˈskɒnd/

Etymology

Either borrowed from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + condō (“put together, store”), from con- (“together”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).
* Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).