Antonyms for elopement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-lohp-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈloʊp mənt

Definition of elopement

Origin : 1540s, from elope + -ment. (The word was in Anglo-French in 14c.).

As in escape : noun breaking away; getaway

Example sentences :

On the night of the elopement the two children met at the minister's house.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

Of course if they thought it an elopement, they might not take that trouble.
Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley

Don't you think an elopement is perfectly splendid—so romantic and all that?
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It was the old story—an elopement, a grand row, and then all was forgiven.
Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

I suppose she was always like that; even in the very hour of elopement with Fyne.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

Then I adjusted it to the matter in hand which was neither more nor less than an elopement.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

What would his friends say if he involved Helene in the scandal of an elopement?
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Some said you had been proposing an elopement: others said you hadn't.
Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever

I hastened to meet the Delia Torres, and then came our elopement.
Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever

You may not hope to make use of a king's ship for the purposes of an elopement.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Synonyms for elopement

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