(n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "elopement" 27 May 2011. Web. 25 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/elopement/definitions/2002316> |