evasion
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(noun) the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver |
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Related Words: dodge, eluding, elusion, escape, evasive action, flight, maneuver, manoeuvre, slip |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: dodging, escape |
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Related Words: carelessness, circumvention, escape mechanism, goldbricking, goofing off, malingering, neglect, negligence, nonperformance, shirking, skulking, slacking, soldiering, tax evasion |
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(noun) a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
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Synonyms: equivocation |
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Related Words: circumlocution, deceit, deception, doublespeak, hedge, hedging, indirect expression, misrepresentation, quibble |
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