abduction 1
/ab duk"sheuhn/ , n.
1. act of abducting.
2. the state of being abducted.
3. Law. the illegal carrying or enticing away of a person, esp. by interfering with a relationship, as the taking of a child from its parent.
[ 1620-30; ABDUCT + -ION ]
abduction 2
/ab duk"sheuhn/ , n. Logic.
a syllogism whose major premise is certain but whose minor premise is probable.
[ 1690-1700; abduction- (s. of abductio; trans. of Gk apagogé ). See ABDUCT, -ION ]