evasion - Definition | Dictionary definition of evasion

Definition of evasion

a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; circumlocution, indirect expression
an indirect way of expressing something; doublespeak
any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not; hedge, hedging
an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; cavil, quibble, quiddity
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

the deliberate act of failing to pay money

"his evasion of all his creditors"

Antonyms:: payment
the act of paying money; defrayal, defrayment; show more antonyms...

Types:: tax evasion
the deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report)

Type of:: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

"his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"

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a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities; malingering, skulking
evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldiering
the evasion of work or duty; circumvention
the act of evading by going around

Type of:: carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; eluding, elusion, slip
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning); evasive action, maneuver, manoeuvre
an action aimed at evading an opponent; clinch
(boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily; airplane maneuver, flight maneuver
a maneuver executed by an aircraft; straight-arm
(American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent; dodge
a quick evasive movement