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