evasion
noun
Simple meaning
Eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɪˈveɪʒən
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Definition
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noun
The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
Word Aura™
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This meaning: The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
Used this way, evasion is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use evasion
- “His evasion of all his creditors.”noun
- “His evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible.”noun
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The deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report).
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