abduction – English noun declension

English noun forms of abduction

Noun: abduction
Singularabduction
Pluralabductions

Sample Sentences

  • Abduction is performed by asking the patient to raise the arm at the side as high as they can with the examiner stabilizing the scapula by holding it down. [2013, Jain MD, MSPH with Wilcox, PT, Katz, MD, MS, and Higgins, MD, “Clinical Examination of the Rotator Cuff”, in PM&R Journal:]
  • The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction, and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning. [2005, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction, page 256:]
  • the abduction of a child
  • Saturday’s actions – the abduction of [Venezuelan] President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas to face federal drug-trafficking charges in the U.S., and the deadly bombings of military installations and some civilian buildings across the country – had “Trump Corollary” written all over them. [2026 January 4, Howard LaFranchi, “Seizing Venezuela’s Maduro, Trump implements his corollary to Monroe Doctrine”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2026:]
  • But fear of abduction never stopped a good ufologist. [2010, Monte Dwyer, Red in the Centre: Through a Crooked Lens, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 122:]

Etymology

1. From Latin abductiō(n) (“a robbing; an abduction”), from abdūcō (“to take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, abduct + -ion or abduce + -tion.
2. * (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus.
3. * Compare French abduction. See: Latin Nouns 'abductiō', Latin Nouns 'abductus', French Nouns 'abduction'.

Verbs referencing "abduction"

Finnish Nouns abduktio.