elopement

English

elopement (plural elopements)

The act of eloping.
- 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter LXVI, in Mansfield Park: A Novel. In Three Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for T[homas] Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, OCLC 39810224, page 287:
  You may not have heard of the last blow—Julia's elopement; she is gone to Scotland with Yates.
- 1869, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 27, in Little Women:
  […] Jo […] was already deep in the concoction of her story, being unable to decide whether the duel should come before the elopement or after the murder.

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