Evasion
[n] the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
[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"
[n] the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"
[n] a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
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abstention, airtight secrecy, anythingarianism, artifice, avoidance, avoiding reaction, bickering, boggling, break, breakout, buck-passing, captiousness, caviling, chicane, chicanery, circumvention, close secrecy, closeness, concealment, cop-out, cringe,