Synonyms of absconding

absconding

verb

present participle of abscond

as in escaping

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

the burglar was trying to abscond with the jewels when he tumbled down the stairs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escaping
• fleeing
• flying
• leaving
• avoiding
• running away
• getting out
• evading
• breaking free
• running off
• moving
• breaking out (of)
• losing
• eluding
• exiting
• clearing out
• lamming
• departing
• going
• shunning
• eloping
• rescuing
• quitting
• extricating
• pulling out
• springing
• decamping
• disentangling
• walking out
• shoving (off)
• taking off
• freeing
• emancipating
• loosing
• releasing
• liberating
• loosening
• enfranchising
• manumitting
• redeeming
• sallying (forth)
• unfettering
• unchaining
• bringing off
• uncaging
• unbinding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remaining
• staying
• lingering
• dwelling
• hanging around
• abiding
• returning
• tarrying
• sticking around
• coming back

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of absconding

Noblewoman Jeanne de La Motte then, so the story goes, posed as the queen and convinced an out-of-favor cardinal to give her the lavish necklace as a gift before absconding with the lucrative diamonds. —Hannah Peart, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024

Despite never having laid eyes on him, Nam feels drawn to understand where and how his father passed, and before absconding from Vietnam embarks on a journey with Hoa, Ba and Viet to find the site of his death. —Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019