Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun abduction

2 senses of abduction

Sense 1
abduction -- (the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife)
       => capture, seizure -- (the act of taking of a person by force)

Sense 2
abduction -- ((physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body)
       => motion, movement, move, motility -- (a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility")