Elope

v. i.

1.

To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; - said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart. [imp. & p. p. Eloped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Eloping.] Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance. - Addison.

Verb

1.

elope - run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" Synonyms: run off

abscond, absquatulate, beat a retreat, bolt, clear out, cut and run, decamp, depart, desert, flee, fly, fugitate, go AWOL, jump, jump bail, levant, make off, run, run away, run away from, run away with, run for it, run off, show the heels, skedaddle, skip, skip out, slip the cable, take French leave, take flight, take to flight, take wing, turn tail