[f. L. abscond-ĕre to ABSCOND + -ENCE; after words a. Fr. -ence:—L. -entia.] The action or condition of absconding; fugitive concealment, seclusion.
1880. Masson, Milton, VI. I. ii. 162. The place of his retirement and abscondence was a friend’s house in Bartholomew Close.
1881. Sat. Rev., 5 March, 299. Mr. Parnell, though he has since returned, has been in abscondence.
