evasion

e·va·sion

E0248600 (ĭ-vā′zhən)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 ēvāsiō, ēvāsiōn-, from Latin ēvāsus, past participle of ēvādere, to evade; see evade.]

evasion

(ɪˈveɪʒən) n1. the act of evading or escaping, esp from a distasteful duty, responsibility, etc, by trickery, cunning, or illegal means: tax evasion. 2. trickery, cunning, or deception used to dodge a question, duty, etc; means of evading[C15: from Late Latin ēvāsiō, from Latin ēvādere to go forth; see evade]

e•va•sion

(ɪˈveɪ ʒən)

n. 1. an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something: evasion of one's duty; tax evasion. 2. the avoiding of an accusation, question, or the like, as by a subterfuge. 3. a means of evading; subterfuge. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ēvāsiō=ēvād(ere) to go out (see evade) + -tiō -tion] e•va′sion•al, adj.

evasion

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	evasion - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truthequivocationdeception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehoodindirect expression, circumlocution - an indirect way of expressing somethingdoublespeak - any language that pretends to communicate but actually does nothedging, 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"nonpaymenttax 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, escapenegligence, nonperformance, carelessness, neglect - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstancesescape mechanism - a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realitiesmalingering, 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 dutycircumvention - 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 maneuverescape, 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 opponentdodge - a quick evasive movement

evasion

noun1. avoidance, escape, dodging, shirking, cop-out (slang), circumvention, elusion an evasion of responsibility2. deception, shuffling, cunning, fudging, pretext, ruse, artifice, trickery, subterfuge, equivocation, prevarication, sophistry, evasiveness, obliqueness, sophism They face accusations from the Opposition Party of evasion and cover-up.

evasion

nounThe act, an instance, or a means of avoiding:avoidance, bypass, circumvention, escape.

Translations

逃避

evade

(iˈveid) verb to escape or avoid by eg trickery or skill. 逃避 逃避eˈvasion (-ʒən) noun 逃避 逃避eˈvasive (-siv) adjective1. having the purpose of evading. 逃避的 逃避的2. not frank and direct. He gave evasive answers. 含糊的 含糊的eˈvasively adverb 逃避地 逃避地eˈvasiveness noun 遁辭 遁辞