abduction.
A leading away; a carrying away.
Meaning & usage
A leading away; a carrying away.
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.
A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
the abduction of a child
An alien abduction.
Where this word comes from
From Latin abductiō(n) (“a robbing; an abduction”), from abdūcō (“to take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, abduct + -ion or abduce + -tion. * (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus. * Compare French abduction.
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