abduction
C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Medicine noun
Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body.
Shoulder abduction was needed to bring the joint clear of the ribs.
Law noun
The unlawful taking away of a person by force or deception.
The abduction of the child from the school gates triggered a nationwide search.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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