elopement
Runaway marriage trip
Elopement is the act of running away secretly, typically to get married without parental consent or public ceremony: Their elopement shocked both families.
The word implies haste and secrecy, often romantic urgency.
In healthcare settings, elopement refers to a patient—especially one with dementia—leaving a facility without authorization: The nursing home installed alarms to prevent elopement.
Undisclosed legal spousal bond
- Gretna GreenScottish elopement village
- Las VegasNevada's gambling capital
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- loversRomantic partners
spontaneous · whirlwind · romantic escape · destination wedding · private vows · civil ceremony · midnight · forbidden love
Disgraceful public affair
- dowryMarital property transfer
- parental consentCaregiver's formal authorization
- heiressFemale wealth recipient
- fortune hunterOne seeking wealthy partners
Regency · Victorian · inheritance · disinheritance · clandestine · chaperone · suitor · arranged marriage
Traveling with no fixed course
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
- patientAble to wait calmly
- nursing homeLong-term eldercare residence
safety · door alarm · cognitive impairment · disorientation · memory care · bracelet · tracking device · supervision
secret marriage
Undisclosed legal spousal bond
- Gretna GreenScottish elopement village
- Las VegasNevada's gambling capital
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
lovers · spontaneous · whirlwind · romantic escape · destination wedding · private vows · civil ceremony · midnight · forbidden love · registry office
scandal
Disgraceful public affair
- dowryMarital property transfer
- parental consentCaregiver's formal authorization
- heiressFemale wealth recipient
fortune hunter · Regency · Victorian · inheritance · disinheritance · clandestine · chaperone · suitor · arranged marriage · defiance
wandering
Traveling with no fixed course
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
- patientAble to wait calmly
nursing home · safety · door alarm · cognitive impairment · disorientation · memory care · bracelet · tracking device · supervision · restlessness
- forbidden loveforbidden love, forbidden romance, illicit love, secret love, forbidden fruit
- sexual customssexual norms, sexual taboos, marriage customs, courtship, virginity
- Secret Marriagessecret marriage, secret wedding, secret engagement, private vows, Gretna Green
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- weddingswedding, wedding dress, wedding cake, wedding ceremony, bride
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
elopementchurch wedding
Marriage ceremony in religious building
destination wedding · white wedding · royal wedding · wedding reception · wedding banquet