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evasion


evasion - noun

  • a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
  • the deliberate act of failing to pay money
  • nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
  • the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

    • evasion - thesaurus

    dodging   equivocation   escape   nonpayment  


    View spelling list More sion words and learn about the word evasion in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 28. Word endings: -tion, -cian, -sion.

    Scrabble score for evasion

    e is 1 v is 4 a is 1 s is 1 i is 1 o is 1 n is 1
    Scrabble score = 10

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