evasion
- noun (n)
Meaning: escape, avoidance
Synonyms:
artifice
circumvention
cop-out
cunning
ditch
dodge
dodging
elusion
equivocating
equivocation
eschewal
evading
evasiveness
excuse
fancy footwork
fudging
jive
lie
obliqueness
pretext
prevarication
quibble
routine
run-around
ruse
shift
shirking
shuffling
shunning
slip
sophism
sophistry
stall
stonewall
subterfuge
trick
trickery
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