evasion

Plural: evasions

Noun

• The act of avoiding or escaping something, often artfully.
• a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
• the deliberate act of failing to pay money
  • "his evasion of all his creditors"
• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
  • "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"
• the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
• The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

Examples

• His frequent use of short words was an EVASION of opening up big scoring opportunities for his opponent.

Synonyms

dodging, equivocation, escape, nonpayment, prevarication, shift, shuffling, subterfuge

Antonyms

payment