Meaning

Leading away; a carrying away..

Definitions by Sense

1. Leading away; a carrying away.
2. (anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
3. (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
4. (law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
5. (ufology) Alien abduction.

Example Sentences

Abduction is performed by asking the patient to raise the arm at the side as high as they can with the examiner stabilizing the scapula by holding it down.

The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction, and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning.

the abduction of a child

Saturday’s actions – the abduction of [Venezuelan] President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas to face federal drug-trafficking charges in the U.S., and the deadly bombings of military installations and some civilian buildings across the country – had “Trump Corollary” written all over them.

But fear of abduction never stopped a good ufologist.

Word Forms

• abductions

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Use abduction when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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