Thesaurus: evasion

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1. n. The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
2. n. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
3. n. the deliberate act of failing to pay money
4. n. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
5. n. the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
6. The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding. Thou . . . by evasions thy crime uncoverest more. Milton. Syn. -- Shift; subterfuge; shuffling; prevarication; equivocation.
7. The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of anargument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means ofeluding.Thou . . . by evasions thy crime uncoverest more. Milton.
8. n:100 n. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth n. the deliberate act of failing to pay money n. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do n. the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver