elopement
an act or instance of running off secretly, as to be married.
an act or instance of a patient or person in care leaving a hospital, care facility, or safe area independently without notifying anyone: Nursing homes need strategies to cope with elopement.: See also wandering (def. 6).
Origin of elopement
1Other words from elopement
- non·e·lope·ment, noun
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How to use elopement in a sentence
I'm afraid that if I proceed with a quick elopement, it will damage my friendship with her.
Miss Manners: Bumping up wedding doesn’t require friend’s permission | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostThe elopement capital was featured in popular books and articles, radio programs, movies and plays well into the mid 20th century.
How One Small Maryland Town Became the Marriage Capital of the East Coast in the Early 20th Century | Melissa August | February 11, 2021 | TimeIt is not merely elopement, not merely marriage, it is exposure!
Two Men of Sandy Bar | Bret HarteShe had promised to meet Wildeve by the Barrow this very night at eight, to give a final answer to his pleading for an elopement.
Return of the Native | Thomas HardyAnd as to the projected elopement, she felt very certain of being forgiven for that as soon as she came out a baroness.
Pencil Sketches | Eliza Leslie
Oh, but the elopement of a young unmarried couple is a pretty romance; ours would be a hideous scandal.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesYour mother has suffered too much unhappiness by your first elopement: I shall not so easily permit you to quit her a second time.
The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I | Sophia Reeve
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