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Webster 1913 Edition
evasion
e-va′sion
(ē̍-vā′zhŭn)
, Noun.
The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
Syn. – Shift; subterfuge; shuffling; prevarication; equivocation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Evasion
EVA'SION
,Noun.
The act of eluding or avoiding, or of escaping, particularly from the pressure of an argument, from an accusation or charge, from an interrogatory and the like; excuse; subterfuge; equivocation; artifice to elude; shift. Evasion of a direct answer weakens the testimony of a witness.
Thou by evasions thy crime uncover'st more.
Definition 2024
evasion
evasion
English
Noun
evasion (countable and uncountable, plural evasions)
- The act of eluding 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.
- 2011, Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals (page 99)
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Derived terms
Translations
the act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
References
- evasion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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