| NOUN | communication | evasion, equivocation | a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
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| act | evasion, nonpayment | the deliberate act of failing to pay money | |
| act | evasion, escape, dodging | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | |
| act | evasion | the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver |
| Sounds | ihvey'zhahn; iyvey'zhahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth. | |
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| Synonym | equivocation | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| quibble, quiddity, cavil | An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections | |
| Broader | misrepresentation, deceit, deception | A misleading falsehood |
| Spanish | equívoco, evasión | |
| Catalan | equívoc, evasió | |
| Meaning | The deliberate act of failing to pay money. | |
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| Example | "his evasion of all his creditors" | |
| Synonym | nonpayment | |
| Narrower | tax evasion | The deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false / false / false report) |
| Broader | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
| Opposite | payment, defrayal, defrayment | The act of paying money |
| Spanish | impago | |
| Meaning | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do. | |
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| Example | "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible" | |
| Synonyms | escape, dodging | |
| Narrower | circumvention | The act of evading by going around |
| escape mechanism | A form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities | |
| malingering, skulking | Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated | |
| shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking | The evasion of work or duty | |
| Broader | negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance | failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances |
| Spanish | evasión | |
| Verbs | evade | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
| Meaning | The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver. | |
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| Narrower | dodge | A quick evasive movement |
| maneuver, manoeuvre, evasive action | An action aimed at evading an opponent | |
| slip, elusion, eluding | The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) | |
| Broader | escape, flight | The act of escaping physically |
| Spanish | evasión | |
| Catalan | evasió | |
| Verbs | evade | escape, either physically or mentally |
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