Word: abscondments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ab
scond
ments
Definition: Plural of abscondment; the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest)
Morphemes:
Affix: abscond
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ab
Language: la
Decoded: ab
Meaning: away
Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word
Affix: *dō
Language: la
Decoded: *do
Meaning: *dō
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).