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- the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
- nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
- the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"
- a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
Similar Words: escape,
dodging,
nonpayment,
equivocation
Hyponyms: slip,
elusion,
eluding,
maneuver,
manoeuvre,
evasive action,
dodge,
escape mechanism,
malingering,
skulking,
shirking,
slacking,
soldiering,
goofing off,
goldbricking,
circumvention,
tax evasion,
circumlocution,
indirect expression,
doublespeak,
hedge,
hedging,
quibble,
quiddity,
cavil
Derivational Morphology:
elude,
evade,
bilk,
hedge,
fudge,
put off,
circumvent,
parry,
skirt,
dodge,
duck,
sidestep,
escape,
get away,
get off,
get by,
get out,
miss,
beat around the bush,
equivocate,
tergiversate,
prevaricate,
palter
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