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| Sounds | ihvey'zhahn; iyvey'zhahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth. |
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| Synonyms | equivocation |
| Broader | misrepresentation, deceit, deception |
| Narrower | circumlocution, indirect expression; doublespeak; hedge, hedging; quibble, quiddity, cavil |
| Meaning | The deliberate act of failing to pay money. |
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| Examples | "his evasion of all his creditors" |
| Synonyms | nonpayment |
| Contrary | payment, defrayal, defrayment |
| Broader | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism |
| Narrower | tax evasion |
| Meaning | Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do. |
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| Examples | "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible" |
| Synonyms | escape, dodging |
| Broader | negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance |
| Narrower | escape mechanism; malingering, skulking; shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking; circumvention |
| Verbs | evade |
| Meaning | The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver. |
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| Broader | escape, flight |
| Narrower | slip, elusion, eluding; maneuver, manoeuvre, evasive action; dodge |
| Verbs | evade |
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