secret concealment or seclusion, or the action of absconding
abscondence in American English
(æbˈskɑndəns)
noun
hiding, esp. to avoid legal proceedings
Word origin
[1875–80; abscond + -ence]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, hat trick, massage, musical chairs, weekend-ence is a suffix used to form nouns either from adjectives in -ent or from verbs. Other words that use the affix -ence include: convergence, dependence, diffluence, precedence, reference