Multiple instances of couples secretly running away to get married.
Plural of 'elopement,' formed by adding the standard English plural '-s'.
The plural form reminds us that elopements were common enough in history that people discussed them as a category—Las Vegas has basically turned elopements into a business model!
Plural form carries the same gendered historical baggage as singular: women portrayed as the primary agents of scandal or rebellion, their choices pathologized while men's were normalized.
Apply same care as 'elopement'—avoid narrative framing that centers female transgression over mutual agency.
["secret marriages","clandestine unions"]
Recognize women's elopements as acts of autonomy, not primarily as scandals or betrayals of family.
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