evasion
[noun]
Synonyms:
- avoidance, dodging, escape
- deception, equivocation, evasiveness, prevarication

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Antonyms: facing
Contrasted words: confrontation, confronting, daring
Related Words: dodging, equivocating, equivocation, evading, excuse, subterfuge, haggling, quibbling, escapism

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

e‧va‧sion /ɪˈveɪʒən/ noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: évasion, from Latin evasio, from evadere; ⇒ evade]

1. [uncountable] when you deliberately avoid doing something that you should do, or paying an amount of money that you should pay ⇒ evade:
He is in prison for tax evasion.
evasion of
She accused him of evasion of his responsibilities.

2. [uncountable and countable] when you deliberately avoid talking about something or answering a question ⇒ evade:
I’m tired of his lies and evasions.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲