evasion
/ɪˈveɪʒən/
evasion noun: the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
Noun
evasion (countable and uncountable, plural evasions)
- The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
- In these hunting scenes, as many critics have noted, the reversals, negotiations, lurkings, and evasions between hunter and prey mirror and frame the bedroom strategies of the Lady and Gawain.2011, Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals, page 99
- He complained to LNER but was told: "We have had an increase in fare evasion on certain services which has led to our locking toilet facilities where (people) usually hide to avoid payment. Although Aberdeen is a gated station, customers often purchase the cheapest ticket available and board our...2020 January 2, Barry Doe, “ScotRail suspending seat reservations is hardly a "recipe for disaster"”, in Rail, page 62
- Synonyms:
- equivocation, prevarication, shift, subterfuge, shuffling
evasion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
evasion in Hindi
- evasion, avoidance
- अपवंचन apvañcan
- evasion, pretext, cajolery
- भर्रा bharrā
- evasion
- टालमटोल ṭālmaṭol
evasion in Tamil
- நழுவுதல், தட்டிக் கழித்தல், தட்டிக்கழிப்பு, தவிர்ப்பு, ஏய்த்தல், ஏய்ப்பு
evasion in Urdu
- بہانہ, درنگ, گھسا, گریز, حیلہ حوالہ, اجتناب
evasion in Telugu
- ఎగవేత
More languagesFewer languages
- evasion in Malayalam
- ഒഴികഴിവ് oḻikaḻivŭ, ഒളിച്ചുകളി oḷiccukaḷi
- evasion in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು, ಉಪಾಯ, ನೆಪ, ನೆವ
- evasion in Vietnamese
- sự lảng tránh
Examples of evasion in a sentence
- Edson said, referring to how Capone was eventually charged with tax evasion rather than criminal activity.
- The second is the contrast with the inarticulate stumblings, mumblings, evasions and half-truths of our current president.
- Fare evasion was the biggest broken window in the transit system.
Synonyms of evasion
Forms of evasion
| plural | evasions |
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Origin of evasion
From Middle French évasion, from Late Latin evasionem (accusative of evasio).
Words formed from evasion
Words that rhyme with evasion
- occasion
- abrasion
- persuasion
- caucasian
- invasion
- equation
- Afrasian
- bayesian
- airbrasion
- blasian
- Cablinasian
- Central Asian
3 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about evasion
- What does evasion mean?
- Evasion means the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
- What is evasion in Hindi?
- Evasion in Hindi is अपवंचन (apvañcan), भर्रा (bharrā), टालमटोल (ṭālmaṭol). See Evasion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is evasion?
- Evasion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce evasion?
- Evasion is pronounced /ɪˈveɪʒən/.
- What is the plural of evasion?
- The plural of evasion is evasions.
Words near evasion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: evasion (page history and authors); अपवंचन (Hindi) (page history and authors); evasion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evasion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evasion (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ഒളിച്ചുകളി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); evasion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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