evasion
noun
[ ɪˈveɪʒ(ə)n ]
• the action of evading something.
• "their adroit evasion of almost all questions"
Similar:
avoidance,
dodging,
eluding,
elusion,
sidestepping,
bypassing,
circumvention,
shunning,
shirking,
getting out of,
finding a way round,
ducking,
the go-by,
bilking,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘prevaricating excuse’): via Old French from Latin evasio(n- ), from evadere (see evade).
