Meanings
plural evasions
- countableuncountableThe 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 991 more example
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 services."
2020 January 2, Barry Doe, “ScotRail suspending seat reservations is hardly a "recipe for disaster"”, in Rail, page 62Synonyms: equivocation, prevarication, shift, subterfuge, shuffling
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
nounthe deliberate act of failing to pay money
nounnonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinevasionem
- Middle Frenchévasion
- Englishevasion
From Middle French évasion, from Late Latin evasionem (accusative of evasio).
More words from Middle French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian избя́гване, извъ́ртане
- избя́гване (izbjágvane)the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- извъ́ртане (izvắrtane)the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Catalan evasió
- evasióthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Finnish välttely
- välttelythe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
French esquive
- esquivethe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
German Umgehung, Ausweichen
- Umgehungthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- Ausweichenthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- Hinterziehungthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- Vermeidungthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Hungarian elkerülés, megkerülés
- elkerülésthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- megkerülésthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- kikerülésthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- kitérésthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- kijátszásthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- mellébeszélésthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- kertelésthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- köntörfalazásthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Italian evasione
- evasionethe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Portuguese evasão, evasiva
- evasãothe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- evasivathe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Russian уклоне́ние
- уклоне́ние (uklonénije)the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Scottish Gaelic seachnadh
- seachnadhthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Spanish evasión, fraude de ley
- evasiónthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- fraude de leythe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- evasivathe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- callejuelathe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Swahili ukwepaji
- ukwepajithe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Swedish flykt
- flyktthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Vietnamese sự lảng tránh
- sự lảng tránhthe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with evasion
Cite this entry
evasion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evasion
“evasion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evasion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evasion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evasion.
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