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▪ I. absconding, vbl. n.|æbˈskɒndɪŋ| [f. abscond + -ing1.] The act of self-concealment; a secret running away from public gaze, or from justice.
1684Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 298 The coming over of these Scotchmen..and their absconding at the first breaking out of the plott. 1715Burnet Hist. own Time (1766) II. 211 His going out of the way might incline the Jury to believe the evidence the more for his absconding. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 552 Still, however, the king concealed his intention of absconding even from his chief ministers. ▪ II. absconding, ppl. a.|æbˈskɒndɪŋ| [f. abscond + -ing2.] Concealing itself, or hiding; retiring, secretive; runaway.
1692Brit. Victrix 3 In proud Procession how they go, To meet the Lurking and Absconding Foe. 1709J. Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. (ed. 6) ii. 127 When they see..a remote and absconding kind of Countenance, they conclude it Cain's Mark. 1879W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. iii. 29 No person was allowed to shelter and employ absconding men. |