elusion

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noun

The act of eluding.

Similar
slipeluding
OriginMedieval Latin ēlūsiō →
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Meanings

nounelusion (countable and uncountable, plural elusions)

plural elusions

  1. countablerareuncountableThe act of eluding.

    No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

    1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

Similar
slipeluding
Broader
evasion
Also see
slip

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinēlūsiō
  2. Medieval Latinēlūsiō
  3. Englishelusion

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēlūsiō.

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APA

elusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elusion

MLA

“elusion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elusion. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elusion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elusion.

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