evasions
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Evasions are acts of avoiding or escaping something—a responsibility, a question, a pursuer.
Tax evasion sidesteps legal obligations.
Evasive answers dodge direct questions: His evasions only made her more suspicious.
The word often implies deliberate slipperiness, a refusal to confront what ought to be faced.
Flight from captivity
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- circumventionAct of going around
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
- duckingBending to avoid impact
dodging · eluding · bypassing · skirting · hedging · wriggling · slipping away · workarounds
Deliberate untruths
- half-truthsStatements mixing fact and omission
- dodgesEvades with quick movement
- prevaricationMisleading speech avoiding directness
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
misdirection · falsehoods · obfuscation · dissembling · deflection · cover-ups · smokescreens · white lies
Forced changes in trajectory
- doublespeakDeliberately misleading language
- weasel wordsDeliberately vague qualifiers
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- vaguenessAbsence of precision
ambiguity · filibustering · red herrings · changing the subject · hedging · qualifications · disclaimers · tangents
Planned strategic movements
- feintsMock offensive movements
- dodgesEvades with quick movement
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- slippingLosing footing unintentionally
swerving · ducking · sidesteps · escapes · retreats · jinking · juking · fakes
Places offering protection
- loopholesExploitable ambiguities in rules
- offshore accountsBank deposits in other countries
- write-offsCancelled debts or expenses
- havensProtected places of rest
schemes · audits · penalties · compliance · fraud · deductions · shell companies · trusts
escape
Flight from captivity
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- circumventionAct of going around
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
ducking · dodging · eluding · bypassing · skirting · hedging · wriggling · slipping away · workarounds · loopholes
lies
Deliberate untruths
- half-truthsStatements mixing fact and omission
- dodgesEvades with quick movement
- prevaricationMisleading speech avoiding directness
subterfuge · misdirection · falsehoods · obfuscation · dissembling · deflection · cover-ups · smokescreens · white lies · equivocation
deflections
Forced changes in trajectory
- doublespeakDeliberately misleading language
- weasel wordsDeliberately vague qualifiers
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
vagueness · ambiguity · filibustering · red herrings · changing the subject · hedging · qualifications · disclaimers · tangents · pivoting
maneuvers
Planned strategic movements
- feintsMock offensive movements
- dodgesEvades with quick movement
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
slipping · swerving · ducking · sidesteps · escapes · retreats · jinking · juking · fakes · pivots
shelters
Places offering protection
- loopholesExploitable ambiguities in rules
- offshore accountsBank deposits in other countries
- write-offsCancelled debts or expenses
havens · schemes · audits · penalties · compliance · fraud · deductions · shell companies · trusts · exemptions
evasionscandor
Unguarded truthfulness
honesty · forthrightness · directness · truthfulness · bluntness
evasionsconfrontations
Direct hostile encounters
facings · meetings · engagements · tackling · addressing
evasionsacknowledgments
Recognition of contributions
admissions · acceptances · confessions · owning up · taking responsibility
- draft evasionAvoiding mandatory military service
- tax evasionIllegally avoiding government dues
- fare evasionNot paying transit cost
- sanctions evasionAvoiding imposed trade restrictions
- fiscal evasionIllegal nonpayment of taxes