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circumventions

circumventions is the plural of circumvention.

Meaning of circumvention

Noun

circumvention (countable and uncountable, plural circumventions)

  1. The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
  2. The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception.
    • a school in which he learns sly circumvention1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC

Questions about circumventions

What is circumventions the plural of?
Circumventions is the plural of circumvention.

Words near circumventions in the dictionary

  1. circumvential
  2. circumventing
  3. circumventingly
  4. circumvention
  5. circumventional
  6. circumventions
  7. circumventive
  8. circumventively
  9. circumventor
  10. circumventors
  11. circumventricular

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