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Evasion

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

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Broader term 11

Carelessness 76% connected

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

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Commerce 76% connected

The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; exten…

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Commercialism 76% connected

The commercial spirit or method.

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Deceit 76% connected

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe wha…

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Deception 76% connected

The act of deceiving or misleading.

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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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Flight 76% connected

The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

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Misrepresentation 76% connected

Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person'…

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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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Cavil 76% connected

To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.

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Circumlocution 76% connected

The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.

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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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Dodge 76% connected

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

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Eluding 76% connected

of Elude

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Elusion 76% connected

Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.

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Hedge 76% 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…

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Hedging 76% connected

of Hedge

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Malingering 76% connected

of Malinger

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Maneuver 76% connected

Alt. of Manoeuvre

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Manoeuvre 76% connected

Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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Quibble 76% connected

A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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Quiddity 76% connected

The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?

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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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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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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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Derivationally related 6

Bilk 74% connected

To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a credito…

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Bilk 74% connected

To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a credito…

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Equivocate 74% connected

To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to u…

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Equivocate 74% connected

To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to u…

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Fudge 74% connected

A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

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Fudge 74% connected

A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

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Synonym 4

Dodging 92% connected

of Dodge

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Equivocation 92% connected

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.

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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.

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Nonpayment 92% connected

Neglect or failure to pay.

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