transitive. To shirk, avoid fulfilling (a command); to ‘shuffle out of’ (one's word). Obsolete.

transitive. To abstain from exacting (an obligation, etc.); to remit or cancel (a debt). Also with indirect object. Obsolete.

To evade (doing something). †Also with infinitive as object.

to shift off v. To evade, turn aside (an argument); to evade fulfilment of (a duty, a promise).

To decline, shirk (a duty). Obsolete.

transitive. To miss or omit intentionally. To avoid (a duty or responsibility).

intransitive. To shirk; to fail to fulfil. Obsolete.