abscond

Meaning

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

Concepts

abscond

run away

escape

flee

run off

elope

fly the coop

absquatulate

bolt

decamp

go off

make off

disappear

desert

go into hiding

steal

slip away

steal away

break away

get away

dodge

beat a hasty retreat

skip

hide away

go underground

make off with

conceal oneself

cheat

take away

cut and run

fly

run

skin

slip off

steal off

slip away unobserved

slink

lurk

skulk

slink off

sneak

dissipate

beetle

skedaddle

perish

fade

vanish

take flight

cut class

play hookey

play truant

skip class

Hyphenated as

ab‧scond

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”).