# abscond

> English word · Verb · IPA /əbˈskɒnd/ · frequency rank #86,999

## Definitions
1. To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
2. To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
3. To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
4. To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
5. To evade, to hide or flee from.
6. To conceal; to take away.

## Etymology
Either borrowed from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + condō (“put together, store”), from con- (“together”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).
* Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/abscond