evasion

[E*va·sion]

Evasion is the act of physically escaping from something, like your evasion of your ex girlfriend at the prom you kept dancing. Now that's fancy footwork.

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The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

Noun
the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

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"

Noun
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"

Noun
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth


n.
The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.


Evasion

E*va"sion , n. [L. evasio: cf. F. '82vasion. See Evade.] 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.
Syn. -- Shift; subterfuge; shuffling; prevarication; equivocation.

The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

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Usage Examples

Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion.

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it.

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves.

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