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evasion
/ɪˈveɪʒən/ · 7 letters · 7 distinct letters
- noun
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
- noun
the deliberate act of failing to pay money
his evasion of all his creditors
- noun
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible
- noun
the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver