What does abscond mean?
Abscond means (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away..
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/əbˈskɒnd/ · verb
(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away..
The thieves absconded with our property.
You abscond the fuck outta there and find a place to hide.
[…] that very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to abscond at the risk of stripes and of death.
Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; / The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.
The driver had absconded, but both railway and county police were searching for him. Mitchell was arrested in Carlisle on June 9, 1863.
the Marmotto, […] which absconds all Winter doth […] live upon its own Fat.
The captain absconded his responsibility.
If the distress situation is solved successfully, the anonymous shipowner will reap the commercial benefit, if the situation ends in disaster, the shipowner will hide behind an anonymous post box in a foreign country and will abscond responsibility.
Use abscond when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Abscond means (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away..
Common synonyms include flee, run away, steal away, conceal.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The thieves absconded with our property.
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