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abduction - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'abduction' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Abduction [ n.]
- The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
- The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
- The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
- A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.