Abduction
Abduction ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Latin abductio: compare French abduction.]
1.
The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. — Roget
2.
(Physiology) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
3.
(Law) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
4.
(Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.