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circumvention
cir·cum·vent C0367800 (sûr′kəm-vĕnt′)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: circumvented the bureaucratic red tape.
[Middle English circumventen, from Latin circumvenīre, circumvent- : circum-, circum- + venīre, to go, come; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.]
cir′cum·vent′er, cir′cum·ven′tor n.cir′cum·ven′tion n.cir′cum·ven′tive adj.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | circumvention - the act of evading by going arounddodging, 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" |
circumventionnounThe act, an instance, or a means of avoiding:avoidance, bypass, escape, evasion.TranslationsCircumvention
Related to Circumvention: incapacitated, retainment, seizedCIRCUMVENTION, torts, Scotch law. Any act of fraud whereby a person is reduced to a deed by decree. Tech. Dict. It has the same sense in the civil law. Dig. 50, 17, 49 et 155; Id. 12, 6, 6, 2; Id. 41, 2, 34. Vide Parphrasis. circumvention
Related to circumvention: incapacitated, retainment, seizedSynonyms for circumventionnoun the act, an instance, or a means of avoidingSynonyms- avoidance
- bypass
- escape
- evasion
Words related to circumventionnoun the act of evading by going aroundRelated Words |