Dictionary Entry
evasion
evasion is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
- 2noun
the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
- 3noun
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
"his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"
"that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
- 4noun
the deliberate act of failing to pay money
"his evasion of all his creditors"
"he was indicted for nonpayment"
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- 5noun
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
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