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(1):

(n.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

(2):

(n.) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.

(3):

(n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

(4):

(n.) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.