FromMiddle Frenchévasion, fromLate Latinevasionem (accusative ofevasio).
evasion (countable anduncountable,pluralevasions)
- The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of anargument, accusation, charge, or interrogation;artful means of eluding.
- Synonyms:equivocation,prevarication,shift,subterfuge,shuffling
2011, Christine Chism,Alliterative Revivals, page99:In these hunting scenes, as many critics have noted, the reversals, negotiations, lurkings, andevasions between hunter and prey mirror and frame the bedroom strategies of the Lady and Gawain.
2020 January 2, Barry Doe, “ScotRail suspending seat reservations is hardly a "recipe for disaster"”, inRail, page62:He complained to LNER but was told: "We have had an increase in fareevasion on certain services which has led to our locking toilet facilities where (people) usually hide to avoid payment. AlthoughAberdeen is a gated station, customers often purchase the cheapest ticket available and board our services."
the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
- Bulgarian:избя́гване (bg) n(izbjágvane),извъ́ртане (bg) n(izvǎ́rtane)
- Catalan:evasió f
- Finnish:välttely (fi)
- French:esquive (fr)
- German:Umgehung (de) f,Ausweichen (de) n,Hinterziehung (de) f,Vermeidung (de) f
- Hungarian:elkerülés (hu),megkerülés (hu),kikerülés (hu),kitérés (hu),kijátszás (hu),mellébeszélés (hu),kertelés (hu),köntörfalazás (hu)
- Italian:evasione (it) f
- Portuguese:evasão (pt) f,evasiva (pt) f
- Russian:уклоне́ние (ru) n(uklonénije)
- Scottish Gaelic:seachnadh m
- Spanish:evasión (es) f,fraude de ley m(law),evasiva (es) f,callejuela (es) f
- Swahili:ukwepaji
- Swedish:flykt (sv) c
- Vietnamese: sựlảng tránh
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