evasion

evasion

See also: évasion and evasión

English

Etymology

From Middle French évasion, from Late Latin evasionem (accusative of evasio).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈveɪʒən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʒən
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

evasion (countable and uncountable, plural evasions)

1. The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
   • 2011, Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals, page 99:

     In these hunting scenes, as many critics have noted, the reversals, negotiations, lurkings, and evasions between hunter and prey mirror and frame the bedroom strategies of the Lady and Gawain.

Synonyms

• equivocation
• prevarication
• shift
• subterfuge
• shuffling

Derived terms

• tax evasion

Translations

the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation

Bulgarian: избягване (bg) n (izbjagvane), извъртане (bg) n (izvǎrtane) Catalan: evasió f Finnish: välttely French: esquive (fr) Italian: evasione (it) f Portuguese: evasão (pt) f, evasiva (pt) f

Russian: уклоне́ние (ru) n (uklonénije) Scottish Gaelic: seachnadh m Spanish: evasión (es) f Swedish: flykt (sv) c Vietnamese: sự lảng tránh

References

• evasion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.