Abduction

• the movement of the limb away from the body
• to draw away from the middle of the body or limb
• Movement away from the midline of the body in the transverse plane. To learn more, View The Transverse Plane
• The lateral movement of a leg or arm away from the axis of the body.
• Unlawfully taking another.
• Taking away by violence or fraud and persuasion; kidnapping. Usually a female or wife, child or ward.