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Circumvention

The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.

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Dodging 76% connected

of Dodge

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Escape 76% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evasion 76% connected

The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hedge 74% connected

A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrub…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hedge 74% connected

A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrub…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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