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elopements

elopements is the plural of elopement.

Meaning of elopement

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
  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.

Questions about elopements

What is elopements the plural of?
Elopements is the plural of elopement.

Words near elopements in the dictionary

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

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