Ab*duc"tion (#), n. [L. abductio: cf. F. abduction.]
1.
The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
Roget.
2. Physiol.
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.
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