elopment

English

Noun

elopment (plural elopments)

1. Rare form of elopement.
   • 1918, Report of the Missouri Children's Code Commission, Jefferson City, M.O.: The Hugh Stephens Co., page 28:

     Many marriages in the state are now contracted by minors falsely swearing to their age. A large proportion of divorces are the result of hasty marriages and elopments.

   • 1957 December 14, “’Eighteen and Anxious’ Opens at Paramount”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-28:

     The plot traces the shock, shame, bitterness and desperation of a singularly nice young widow and mother unable to prove her marriage after an elopment.

   • 2013 November 4, Noriko Hayashi, “Grab and Run: Kyrgyzstan's Bride Kidnappings”, in Newsweek‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Newsweek Publishing LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-25:

     Two-thirds of these bride kidnappings are non-consensual—in some cases, a "kidnapping" is part of a planned elopment—and while the practice has been illegal since 1994, authorities largely look the other way.