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Webster 1913 Edition
Circumvention
Cirˊcum-ven′tion
,Noun.
[L.
circumventio
.] The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
A school in which he learns sly
circumvention
. Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Circumvention
CIRCUMVENTION
,Noun.
1.
The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.2.
Prevention; preoccupation.Definition 2024
circumvention
circumvention
English
Noun
circumvention (plural circumventions)
- The act of evading by going around (bypassing).
- The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
- A school in which he learns sly circumvention. --William Cowper.
Translations
bypassing
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act of prevailing
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