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ELOPEMENT

• ELOPEMENT (noun)
The noun ELOPEMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)

Familiarity information: ELOPEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

• ELOPEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("elopement" is a kind of...):

running away (leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be)

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