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   E·va·sion

   /əˈvāZH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action of evading something: "their adroit evasion of almost all questions" Similar avoidancedodgingeludingelusionsidesteppingbypassingcircumventionshunningshirkinggetting out offinding a way aroundinformal:duckingthe go-byarchaic:bilkingOpposite confrontation
   • ▪ an indirect answer; a prevaricating excuse: "the protestations and evasions of a witness" Similar prevaricationevasivenessbeating around the bushhedgingfencingshilly-shallyingshufflingdodging the issuedodgingsidestepping the issuesidesteppingpussyfootingequivocationvaguenessquibblingcavillingtemporizationstallingstalling for timehumming and hawinginformal:duckingducking the issuerare:tergiversationOpposite directness

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘prevaricating excuse’): via Old French from Latin evasio(n-), from evadere (see evade).

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