Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A running away; an escape; private or unlicensed departure from the place or station to which one is bound by duty or law: specifically applied to the running away of a woman, married or unmarried, with a lover.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.
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- noun The act of
eloping
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)
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Examples
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Kalash tribeswomen also have much more social freedom than many of their Pakistani counterparts; for instance, marriage-by-elopement is a custom and a celebration, even involving women who are already married.
The Kalash Tribe Of Pakistan (PHOTOS) Manal Khan 2010
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Kalash tribeswomen also have much more social freedom than many of their Pakistani counterparts; for instance, marriage-by-elopement is a custom and a celebration, even involving women who are already married.
The Kalash Tribe Of Pakistan (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Kalash tribeswomen also have much more social freedom than many of their Pakistani counterparts; for instance, marriage-by-elopement is a custom and a celebration, even involving women who are already married.
The Kalash Tribe Of Pakistan (PHOTOS) Manal Khan 2010
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Note 12: The elopement is self-explanatory, but the other methods require clarification.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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To picture Whiskers-on-the-moon as the hero of an elopement is beyond my power.
Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud 1921
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Occasionally, people will leave and not return - professionals call it "elopement" - and that can pose added dangers.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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At least I had the courage to admit the elopement was a mistake.
Sweet Defiance Lisa Bingham 1995
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At least I had the courage to admit the elopement was a mistake.
Sweet Defiance Lisa Bingham 1995
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At least I had the courage to admit the elopement was a mistake.
Sweet Defiance Lisa Bingham 1995
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The day that the elopement was the talk of the town, Colonel
In Our Town William Allen White 1906
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The remedy for the sickness that olfactory overload brings is seclusion, known in neurodiversity parlance as elopement: no socialisation, no work, no sensory stimuli, no food – nothing.
Olfactory Overload: Knowing the Neurodivergent Nose Eva Surawy-Stepney 2023
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"Scientists are also not sure why dementia often leads to roaming. But there is this sobering statistic from the Alzheimer's Association: About 50 percent of people who wander will suffer serious injury or death if they are not found within 24 hours.
Robert Koester (rhymes with chester) is the former president of the Virginia Search and Rescue Council and author of Lost Person Behavior: A Search and Rescue Guide on Where to Look — for Land, Air, and Water. One of Koester's specialties is people with dementia. With the mild cases, he says, dementia-driven wanderers are returning to what they did 15 or 20 years earlier. If they were farmers, they head for "the fields." If they were homemakers, they need to "pick up the kids."
In the moderate to severe cases, Koester says, the pattern is more random. Many patients seem to respond to circadian rhythms. At the end of the day and in the evening, there is the "sundowning" phenomenon, during which people exhibit all sorts of difficult behavior, Koester says, such as anger and stubbornness.
Occasionally, people will leave and not return — professionals call it "elopement" — and that can pose added dangers. Most people are found. It may be in a closet. Or at the end of a suburban street. Or in the mud, in thick woods, near a lake."
- From The Mysteries of Dementia-Driven Wandering by Linton Weeks
June 10, 2010