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Abduction

/əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/

Leading away; a carrying away.

📖 Definitions of "Abduction"

noun
  1. 1

    Leading away; a carrying away.

  2. 2

    The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

  3. 3

    A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.

  4. 4

    The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.

    "the abduction of a child"

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