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Defenition of the word evasion

    • Defenition of the word evasion

      • An act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something.
      • the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
      • a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
      • 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"
      • nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
      • the deliberate act of failing to pay money

    Synonyms for the word evasion

      • avoidance
      • dodging
      • elusion
      • equivocation
      • escape
      • fudging
      • hedging
      • prevarication
      • shirking
      • skirting

    Similar words in the evasion

      • evasion
      • evasion's
      • evasions

    Hyponyms for the word evasion

      • cavil
      • circumlocution
      • circumvention
      • dodge
      • doublespeak
      • eluding
      • elusion
      • escape mechanism
      • evasive action
      • goldbricking
      • goofing off
      • hedge
      • hedging
      • indirect expression
      • malingering
      • maneuver
      • manoeuvre
      • quibble
      • quiddity
      • shirking
      • skulking
      • slacking
      • slip
      • soldiering
      • tax evasion

    Hypernyms for the word evasion

      • carelessness
      • commerce
      • commercialism
      • deceit
      • deception
      • escape
      • flight
      • mercantilism
      • misrepresentation
      • neglect
      • negligence
      • nonperformance

    Antonyms for the word evasion

      • defrayal
      • defrayment
      • payment

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