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evasion

English

  1. 🔊 the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
  2. 🔊 nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
    “his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible”
  3. 🔊 the deliberate act of failing to pay money
    “his evasion of all his creditors”
  4. 🔊 a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

Spanish

  1. 🔊 evasiva evasion
  2. 🔊 evasión evasion

Similar words

escape dodging nonpayment equivocation abstention airtight secrecy anythingarianism artifice avoidance avoiding reaction bickering boggling break breakout buck-passing captiousness caviling chicane chicanery circumvention close secrecy closeness concealment cop-out