abscondence
n. C2 Proficiency ab·scon·dence
n. the act of running away and hiding, often to avoid the law or to take something that does not belong to you.
n. the act of fleeing or concealing oneself, typically to evade capture or to appropriate property unlawfully.
The thief's abscondence was quick and clever.
The authorities searched for the suspect's abscondence in the dense forest near the border.
The sudden abscondence of the heir to the throne caused a period of political instability and public speculation regarding his true intentions.
From abscond + -ence.