evasion

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. the deliberate act of failing to pay money
- his evasion of all his creditors
- he was indicted for nonpayment
• Syn:
nonpayment
• Ant:
payment (for: nonpayment)
• Hypernyms:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hyponyms:
tax evasion
2. 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:
escape, dodging
• Derivationally related forms:
dodge (for: dodging), escape (for: escape), evade
• Hypernyms:
negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance
• Hyponyms:
escape mechanism, malingering, skulking, shirking, slacking,
soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking, circumvention
3. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
• Syn:
equivocation
• Derivationally related forms:
equivocate (for: equivocation)
• Hypernyms:
misrepresentation, deceit, deception
• Hyponyms:
circumlocution, indirect expression, doublespeak, hedge, hedging,
quibble, quiddity, cavil
4. the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
• Derivationally related forms:
evade
• Hypernyms:
escape, flight
• Hyponyms:
slip, elusion, eluding, maneuver, manoeuvre,
evasive action, dodge

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  escape, dodging, nonpayment, equivocation
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  payment, defrayal, defrayment