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elopement

/ɪˈloʊpmənt/

elopement noun: the act of running away from home with a paramour.

Noun

elopement (countable and uncountable, plural elopements)

  1. The act of running away from home with a paramour.
    • You may not have heard of the last blow—Julia's elopement; she is gone to Scotland with Yates.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter LXVI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 287
    • […] Jo […] was already deep in the concoction of her story, being unable to decide whether the duel should come before the elopement or after the murder.1869, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 27, in Little Women
  2. The act of running away secretly for the purpose of getting married.
  3. The act of running away from home (for any reason).
  4. (mental health) The act of a person with dementia or other mental illness wandering away from the area where they are safe.

elopement meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Indonesian

elopement in Tamil

உடன்போக்கு

elopement in Telugu

an elopement, a rape
పైశాచికము paiśācikamu

elopement in Indonesian

running away secretly to get married
kawin lari

Forms of elopement

pluralelopements

Origin of elopement

From elope + -ment.

Questions about elopement

What does elopement mean?
Elopement means the act of running away from home with a paramour.
What is elopement in Tamil?
Elopement in Tamil is உடன்போக்கு. See Elopement meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is elopement?
Elopement is a noun.
How do you pronounce elopement?
Elopement is pronounced /ɪˈloʊpmənt/.
What is the plural of elopement?
The plural of elopement is elopements.

Words near elopement in the dictionary

  1. Elonite
  2. Elonites
  3. Elons
  4. elope
  5. eloped
  6. elopement
  7. elopements
  8. eloper
  9. elopers
  10. elopes
  11. elopeth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: elopement (page history and authors); elopement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పైశాచికము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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