different between abscond vs abscondence

English

Etymology

Either borrowed from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscond? (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + cond? (“put together, store”), from con- (“together”) + *d?eh?- (“to put, place, set”).

• Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?sk?nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?sk?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Hyphenation: ab?scond

Verb

abscond (third-person singular simple present absconds, present participle absconding, simple past and past participle absconded)

1. (intransitive, reflexive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution. [From mid 16th century.]

   Synonyms: flee, run away, steal away
2. (intransitive) To withdraw from. [From mid 16th century.]
3. (transitive) To evade, to hide or flee from.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To conceal; to take away. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]

   Synonym: conceal
5. (archaic, intransitive, reflexive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.

Related terms

• sconce

Translations

References

French

Verb

abscond

1. third-person singular present indicative of abscondre

   il abscond — he hides

English

Etymology

abscond +? -ence

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbz.?k?n.dn?ts/, /æbz.?k?n.dn?s/, /æb.?sk?n.dn?ts/, /æb.?sk?n.dn?s/

Noun

abscondence (plural abscondences)

1. (rare) The act of absconding, or illicitly escaping; hiding of a fugitive. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]

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