'Elopement' definitions:
Definition of 'elopement'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)
Definition of 'Elopement'
From: GCIDE
- Elopement \E*lope"ment\, 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elopement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absence without leave,
- absquatulation,
- AWOL,
- banns,
- bolt,
- bridal,
- bridal suite,
- bridechamber,
- chuppah,
- church wedding,
- civil ceremony,
- civil wedding,
- decampment,
- desertion,
- disappearance,
- disappearing act,
- epithalamium,
- espousals,
- espousement,
- exit,
- flight,
- forced marriage,
- French leave,
- fugitation,
- Gretna Green wedding,
- hasty retreat,
- hegira,
- honeymoon,
- hymen,
- hymeneal,
- hymeneal rites,
- marriage,
- nuptial apartment,
- nuptial mass,
- nuptial song,
- nuptials,
- prothalamium,
- quick exit,
- running away,
- saffron veil,
- scramming,
- shotgun wedding,
- skedaddle,
- skedaddling,
- spousals,
- wedding,
- wedding canopy,
- wedding song,
- wedding veil