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Meaning of evasion

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  evasion
      n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly
           avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: {evasion}, {equivocation}]
      2: the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of
         all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment" [syn:
         {evasion}, {nonpayment}] [ant: {defrayal}, {defrayment},
         {payment}]
      3: 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" [syn: {evasion},
         {escape}, {dodging}]
      4: the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or
         a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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