The action of eloping, in various senses. See the verb.

The action of fleeing or running away from, or as from, danger, etc.; hasty departure or retreat, also, an absconding.

Cant. The act of stealing away or running off in a sneaking manner.

Flight, disappearance, or escape, esp. from custody; an instance of this. Cf. abscondment, n.

An act or instance of absconding; a flit. colloquial (originally North American).