evasion

Nouns

  • (n) a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth equivocation,
  • (n) the deliberate act of failing to pay money
    • his evasion of all his creditors
    • he was indicted for nonpayment
    nonpayment,
  • (n) 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
    dodging, escape,
  • (n) the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

Synonyms

equivocation nonpayment dodging escape

Antonyms

defrayal defrayment payment

Words of close approximity

evasive