2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evasion \E*va"sion\, n. [L. evasio: cf F. ['e]vasion. See
{Evade}.]
The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of
an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful
means of eluding.
Thou . . . by evasions thy crime uncoverest more
--Milton.
Syn: Shift; subterfuge; shuffling; prevarication;
equivocation.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
evasion
n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly
avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: {equivocation}]
2: 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" [syn: {escape},
{dodging}]
3: the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent
or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit
maneuver
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