Escaping (10)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">escaping</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(eluding is a kind of escaping)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for eluding that I've seen before include "'Avoiding, escaping (7)'" , "Evading capture" , "dodging" .)
(Another definition for absconding that I've seen is " Leaving secretly in a hurry".)