abduction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- seizure hypernym
Related & opposite
- abduct derivation
Sense 2 noun
(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
- abduct derivation
- physiology domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abduct |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | seizure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abduct |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physiology |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |