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"his evasion of all his creditors"nounthe deliberate act of failing to pay money
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"his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"nounnonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to dotype of:
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nouna statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
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nounthe act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
Synonyms & Similar Words
escape flight slip dodge commerce deception neglect deceit maneuver hedge dodging negligence evade slacking carelessness manoeuvre skulking eluding quibble soldiering goldbricking cavil hedging commercialism shirking misrepresentation doublespeak elusion nonpayment equivocation nonperformance circumlocution malingering mercantilism tax evasion escape mechanism circumvention goofing off quiddity indirect expression evasive action