tS=She assured the court there was no likelihood the accused would <b>abscond</b>.<br><br>Christopher Moffatt, who had <b>absconded</b> from a psychiatric hospital 10 days earlier, told the horrified woman: "I have escaped from a mental home and voices told me to kill someone." Then he stabbed her husband four times.&tQ=To <b>abscond</b> means:&tC=To steal|To secretly flee|To disrupt|To agree to a plea|To confess&cC=2&fB=To <b>abscond</b> means to secretly flee, especially to avoid observation, capture, or prosecution. <b>Abscond</b> is pronounced ab-SKOND.
