evasion
English Thesaurus
1. the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | escape, flight, |
| definition | : | the act of escaping physically (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | eluding, elusion, slip, |
| definition | : | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | dodge, |
| definition | : | a quick evasive movement (noun.act) |
2. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | escape mechanism, |
| definition | : | a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | malingering, skulking, |
| definition | : | evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | circumvention, |
| definition | : | the act of evading by going around (noun.act) |
3. the deliberate act of failing to pay money (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism, |
| definition | : | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tax evasion, |
| definition | : | the deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report) (noun.act) |
4. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | doublespeak, |
| definition | : | any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | hedge, hedging, |
| definition | : | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | cavil, quibble, quiddity, |
| definition | : | an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections (noun.communication) |
5. the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver (noun.act)
| derivation | : | bilk, elude, evade, |
| definition | : | escape, either physically or mentally (verb.motion) |
6. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)
| derivation | : | circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, |
| definition | : | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | escape, miss, |
| definition | : | fail to experience (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | escape, get away, |
| definition | : | remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion (verb.social) |
7. the deliberate act of failing to pay money (noun.act)
8. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth (noun.communication)
9. the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver (noun.act)
| derivation | : | bilk, elude, evade, |
| definition | : | escape, either physically or mentally (verb.motion) |
10. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)
| derivation | : | circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, |
| definition | : | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | escape, miss, |
| definition | : | fail to experience (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | escape, get away, |
| definition | : | remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion (verb.social) |
11. the deliberate act of failing to pay money (noun.act)
12. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth (noun.communication)
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