circumvention

cir·cum·vent  (sûrkm-vnt)

tr.v. cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents

1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.

2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city.

3. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: She planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.

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[Middle English circumventen, from Latin circumvenre, circumvent- : circum-, circum- + venre, to go, come; see g^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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circum·venter, circum·ventor n.

circum·vention n.

circum·ventive adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

circumvention - the act of evading by going around dodging, escape, evasion - 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"

Translations

circumvention [ˌsɜːkəmˈvenʃən] N → acción f de burlar or salvar
the circumvention of this obstacle will not be easy → no va a ser fácil salvar este obstáculo

circumvention [ˌsɜː^rkəmˈvɛnʃ^ən] n [rule, restriction] → contournement m

circumvention

n → Umgehung f