| Elopement (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. Thesaurus Entries AWOL, French leave, Gretna Green wedding, absence without leave, absquatulation, 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, fugitation, 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 |