the act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.-the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.-the wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.-a syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.