evasion

e·va·sion  (-vzhn)

n.

1. The act or an instance of evading.

2. A means of evading; a subterfuge.

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[Middle English evasioun, from Old French evasion, from Late Latin vsi, vsin-, from Latin vsus, past participle of vdere, to evade; see evade.]

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evasion

Noun

1. the act of evading something, esp. a duty or responsibility, by cunning or illegal means: tax evasion

2. cunning or deception used to dodge a question, duty, etc.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	evasion - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth equivocation deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood indirect expression, circumlocution - an indirect way of expressing something doublespeak - any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not hedging, hedge - an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging" cavil, quibble, quiddity - an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
	2.	evasion - the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment" nonpayment tax evasion - the deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
	3.	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" dodging, escape negligence, nonperformance, carelessness, neglect - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances escape mechanism - a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities malingering, skulking - evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering" goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldiering - the evasion of work or duty circumvention - the act of evading by going around
	4.	evasion - the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver escape, flight - the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt" eluding, elusion, slip - the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) evasive action, maneuver, manoeuvre - an action aimed at evading an opponent dodge - a quick evasive movement

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evasion

noun 1. avoidance, escape, dodging, shirking, cop-out (slang) circumvention, elusion

noun 2. deception, shuffling, cunning, fudging, pretext, ruse, artifice, trickery, subterfuge, equivocation, prevarication, sophistry, evasiveness, obliqueness, sophism

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The process whereby individuals who are isolated in hostile or unfriendly territory avoid capture with the goal of successfully returning to areas under friendly control. See also evasion and recovery.

Translations

evasion [ɪˈveɪʒən] n → evasión f

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evasion [ɪˈveɪʒən] n → dérobade f (= excuse); faux-fuyant m

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evasion [ɪˈveɪʒən] n → Ausweichen nt;

(of tax) → Hinterziehung f

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evasion [ɪˈveɪʒən] n → evasione f