Usage examples (9)

• Stofile said 247 pension, ill health, resignation and abscondment cases still had to be finalised.
• This new word is used instead of the correct form of ‘abscondment’ to mean the act of running away or escaping.
• Mr Johnny de Lange, counsel for Mr Benge, on Tuesday told the court the refusal to allow bail was based solely on the risk of Mr Benge's abscondment.
• In its human resources report, the department noted that of the 193 disciplinary hearings held during the year, 42 (21.7 percent) related to "unauthorised...