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Dodging

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Narrower term 9

Aversion 76% connected

A turning away.

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Averting 76% connected

of Avert

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Circumvention 76% connected

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

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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.

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Malingering 76% connected

of Malinger

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Shirking 76% connected

of Shirk

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Skulking 76% connected

of Skulk

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Slacking 76% connected

of Slacken

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Soldiering 76% connected

The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier.

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Carelessness 76% connected

The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.

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Falsehood 76% connected

Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

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Falsity 76% connected

The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

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Neglect 76% connected

Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…

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Negligence 76% connected

The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

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Nonperformance 76% connected

Neglect or failure to perform.

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Rejection 76% connected

Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

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Untruth 76% connected

The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.

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Circumvent 74% connected

To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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Circumvent 74% connected

To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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Synonym 6

Avoidance 92% connected

The act of annulling; annulment.

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Dodge 92% connected

To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

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Escape 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Evasion 92% connected

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

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Scheme 92% connected

A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

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Shunning 92% connected

of Shun

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