evasionn.

/ɪˈveɪʒən/

Forms: Also Middle English evasyown, 1500s evacion, evation.

Etymology: < French évasion, < late Latin ēvāsiōn-em , noun of action < ēvādĕre : see evade v.

a. The action of escaping from confinement or danger; escape.Now rare, except in writers influenced by French usage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun]

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escapingc1325

scapingc1374

evasiona1464

escapal1634

escapement1824

lam1897

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 241 Al þat tyme, fro his [sc. Oldcastle's] euasion [from þe Tower] about Myhilmesse onto the ephiphanie.

1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 175 By hope of euasion from Purgatorie in time.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 4 In any miserie we shall haue assured felicitie..in temptation assurance of euasion.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iii. xi. 31 The next fair river..Topping the hill, breaks forth in fierce evasion.

1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France II. lii. 29 Contemplating the happy evasion he had made from the cabinets at Frankfort.

1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 35 618 An account of the evasion of Louis XVI, and the arrest of the unfortunate monarch at Varennes.

1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill ii. x The plan of evasion was frustrated by the prisoner's irresolution.

†b. Means, opportunity, or way of escape. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > means of escape

posternc1475

outgatec1485

resorta1500

meuse1528

gap1548

evasiona1555

outscapea1555

way1574

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subterfuge1761

bolting-hole1789

flighta1822

getaway1876

out1919

bolt-hole1932

a1555 J. Bradford Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) III. 1820/2 [God] in the middest of the temptation will make such an euasion, as, [etc.].

1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age in Wks. (1874) III. 211 Ere you enwrap your selfe into these perils, Whence there is no euasion.

1650 Sc. Metr. Ps. lxxxviii. 8 So Shut up, that I find no evasion for me.

1736 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. IX. 263 That unhappy woman, who found herself without evasion or resource, swallowed the draught.

2. The action of avoiding or escaping (a blow, missile, pursuit, etc.) by artifice or contrivance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > evasion or escape from threat

again-chareOE

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evading1818

eluding1872

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 11 In a storm they [Bees] will help themselves by flying under the Lee-side of an hedge, [etc.]..But if it bee a plain Champaign Country, where evasions avail nothing; then, etc.

1822 J. S. Forsyth Roland's Mod. Art Fencing 201 Evasion means to avoid being reached by a thrust, even when you are near enough to receive it.

a. The action of evading (a duty, law, requisition, an argument, charge, etc.); dodging, prevarication, shuffling. Also, an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun]

tergiversation1570

evasiona1616

slipperiness1656

lubricity1792

shiftiness1839

phenakisma1863

evasiveness1863

pussy-footedness1917

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > evasion of responsibility, obligation, etc.

delusion1606

evasiona1616

elusion1633

cop-out1942

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of straightforwardness or uprightness > defeating purpose by specious compliance

evasion1868

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. i. 50 No more euasion: We haue with a leauen'd, and prepared choice Proceeded to you; therefore take your honors.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 139 Perhaps he said only for evasion.

1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 447 There is no evasion from the strength of this Argument.

1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 210 But this I looked on as Evasion.

1746 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist farther Explain'd 9 Much Subtlety, much Evasion, and Disguise.

1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1819) XI. 53 He was ordered at once to furnish 5,000 horse..‘on evasion’ he was declared a violator of treaties.

1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 329 To do it..is artifice and evasion.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. vii. 257 If the prisoner..was suspected of evasion,..he was subjected to the torture.

a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 71 I deem anonymous writing of every kind to be an evasion of responsibility.

1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 59 The king's licence for the evasion of the act.

b. The means of evading; an evasive argument, shuffling excuse, subterfuge.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge

evasionc1425

shift1545

subterfuge1563

tergiversation1570

amusement1603

shuffle1628

subterfugy1637

salvo1665

jank1705

fudge1797

shiffle-shufflea1871

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > evasion or subterfuge > instance of

evasionc1425

subterfuge1563

elusion1608

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stall off1819

get-off1824

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put-by1548

put-off1548

subterfuge1581

scape-sermon1654

offput1730

come-offa1836

bypass1957

body swerve1984

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. i. 112 And be the text þai decerne all thai casis, but exceptyown: By that is nane evasyown.

?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye iii. sig. i8 I saye that this their evasion is nothinge worth.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 669 The prohibition goeth before the vowe, wherefore this euation can haue no place.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xiii. 159 The meaner sort haue no evasion why they should not be counted madde.

1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity ii. 19 By such poor evasions do some persons think to shelter themselves from the force of conviction.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 451 A miserable evasion, which did not in the least touch the assertion of his adversary.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §2. 171 The towns..could generally force the Crown by evasions and delays to a compromise.

4. In primary Latin sense: Going out, exit, sallying forth. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun]

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excession1656

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exition1663

outgo1858

society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > emigration > [noun]

transplanting1608

outcrease1625

evasiona1659

emigrationa1676

outmigration1936

a1659 F. Osborne Queries in Wks. (1673) 605 And from this the whole World comes to be so universally Inhabited, Every Family seeking rest by Evasion.

1669 J. Flamsteed Let. 24 Nov. in Corr. (1995) I. 16 In the eclipse he ought to observe the beginning both of the spurious and the true shades, and their evasions from the moon's superficies.

1837 T. De Quincey Revolt of Tartars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 102/1 If the Kalmuck evasion should prosper.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	evasion
释义	evasionn. /ɪˈveɪʒən/ Forms: Also Middle English evasyown, 1500s evacion, evation. Etymology: < French évasion, < late Latin ēvāsiōn-em , noun of action < ēvādĕre : see evade v. 1. a. The action of escaping from confinement or danger; escape.Now rare, except in writers influenced by French usage. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] scapea1300 escapec1300 escapingc1325 scapingc1374 evasiona1464 escapal1634 escapement1824 lam1897 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 241 Al þat tyme, fro his [sc. Oldcastle's] euasion [from þe Tower] about Myhilmesse onto the ephiphanie. 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 175 By hope of euasion from Purgatorie in time. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 4 In any miserie we shall haue assured felicitie..in temptation assurance of euasion. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iii. xi. 31 The next fair river..Topping the hill, breaks forth in fierce evasion. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France II. lii. 29 Contemplating the happy evasion he had made from the cabinets at Frankfort. 1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 35 618 An account of the evasion of Louis XVI, and the arrest of the unfortunate monarch at Varennes. 1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill ii. x The plan of evasion was frustrated by the prisoner's irresolution. †b. Means, opportunity, or way of escape. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > means of escape posternc1475 outgatec1485 resorta1500 meuse1528 gap1548 evasiona1555 outscapea1555 way1574 outlet1625 subterfuge1761 bolting-hole1789 flighta1822 getaway1876 out1919 bolt-hole1932 a1555 J. Bradford Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) III. 1820/2 [God] in the middest of the temptation will make such an euasion, as, [etc.]. 1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age in Wks. (1874) III. 211 Ere you enwrap your selfe into these perils, Whence there is no euasion. 1650 Sc. Metr. Ps. lxxxviii. 8 So Shut up, that I find no evasion for me. 1736 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. IX. 263 That unhappy woman, who found herself without evasion or resource, swallowed the draught. 2. The action of avoiding or escaping (a blow, missile, pursuit, etc.) by artifice or contrivance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > evasion or escape from threat again-chareOE evitation1626 evasion1657 eviting1707 evading1818 eluding1872 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 11 In a storm they [Bees] will help themselves by flying under the Lee-side of an hedge, [etc.]..But if it bee a plain Champaign Country, where evasions avail nothing; then, etc. 1822 J. S. Forsyth Roland's Mod. Art Fencing 201 Evasion means to avoid being reached by a thrust, even when you are near enough to receive it. 3. a. The action of evading (a duty, law, requisition, an argument, charge, etc.); dodging, prevarication, shuffling. Also, an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] tergiversation1570 evasiona1616 slipperiness1656 lubricity1792 shiftiness1839 phenakisma1863 evasiveness1863 pussy-footedness1917 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > evasion of responsibility, obligation, etc. delusion1606 evasiona1616 elusion1633 cop-out1942 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of straightforwardness or uprightness > defeating purpose by specious compliance evasion1868 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. i. 50 No more euasion: We haue with a leauen'd, and prepared choice Proceeded to you; therefore take your honors. View more context for this quotation 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 139 Perhaps he said only for evasion. 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 447 There is no evasion from the strength of this Argument. 1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 210 But this I looked on as Evasion. 1746 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist farther Explain'd 9 Much Subtlety, much Evasion, and Disguise. 1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1819) XI. 53 He was ordered at once to furnish 5,000 horse..‘on evasion’ he was declared a violator of treaties. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 329 To do it..is artifice and evasion. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. vii. 257 If the prisoner..was suspected of evasion,..he was subjected to the torture. a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 71 I deem anonymous writing of every kind to be an evasion of responsibility. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 59 The king's licence for the evasion of the act. b. The means of evading; an evasive argument, shuffling excuse, subterfuge. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge evasionc1425 shift1545 subterfuge1563 tergiversation1570 amusement1603 shuffle1628 subterfugy1637 salvo1665 jank1705 fudge1797 shiffle-shufflea1871 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > evasion or subterfuge > instance of evasionc1425 subterfuge1563 elusion1608 firk1611 subterfugy1637 stall off1819 get-off1824 stall1945 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > evasion of responsibility, obligation, etc. > an act or means of evasionc1425 put-by1548 put-off1548 subterfuge1581 scape-sermon1654 offput1730 come-offa1836 bypass1957 body swerve1984 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. i. 112 And be the text þai decerne all thai casis, but exceptyown: By that is nane evasyown. ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye iii. sig. i8 I saye that this their evasion is nothinge worth. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 669 The prohibition goeth before the vowe, wherefore this euation can haue no place. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xiii. 159 The meaner sort haue no evasion why they should not be counted madde. 1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity ii. 19 By such poor evasions do some persons think to shelter themselves from the force of conviction. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 451 A miserable evasion, which did not in the least touch the assertion of his adversary. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §2. 171 The towns..could generally force the Crown by evasions and delays to a compromise. 4. In primary Latin sense: Going out, exit, sallying forth. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] outcome?c1225 issuea1325 outgoing?c1335 outpassinga1387 out-passagea1398 outgatea1400 ishingc1422 egression?a1425 exiture?a1425 issuing?a1425 ush1429 excessc1450 ish1513 egress1528 getting out1599 exitus1608 excession1656 evasiona1659 exition1663 outgo1858 society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > emigration > [noun] transplanting1608 outcrease1625 evasiona1659 emigrationa1676 outmigration1936 a1659 F. Osborne Queries in Wks. (1673) 605 And from this the whole World comes to be so universally Inhabited, Every Family seeking rest by Evasion. 1669 J. Flamsteed Let. 24 Nov. in Corr. (1995) I. 16 In the eclipse he ought to observe the beginning both of the spurious and the true shades, and their evasions from the moon's superficies. 1837 T. De Quincey Revolt of Tartars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 102/1 If the Kalmuck evasion should prosper. 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