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Showing words for EVASION using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Evasion

evasion

6 Letter Words for Evasion

avions, envois, naives, navies, nivose, ovines, savine, vinose

5 Letter Words for Evasion

anise, avens, avine, avion, aviso, envoi, eosin, evans, insea, naevi, naive, naves, navis, nevis, noise, novae, novas, oaves, ovens, ovine, saine, saone, savin, siena, sieva, sivan, soave, vanes, veins, vinas, vinea, vines, vinos, visna, visne, vison

4 Letter Words for Evasion

aine, ains, aion, anes, anis, ansi, asin, asio, aves, avie, avis, avos, eans, eoan, eons, ions, naio, nais, naoi, naos, nasi, naso, nave, navi, nevi, nevo, nies, noes, nose, nova, ones, oven, ovis, sain, sane, save, sean, sena, sian, sien, sina, sine, sion, siva, sone, vaes, vain, vane, vans, vase, vein, vena, vias, vies, vina, vine, vino, vins, visa, vise, voes

3 Letter Words for Evasion

aes, ain, ais, ane, ans, ase, ave, avn, avo, ean, eas, ens, env, eon, eos, iao, ins, inv, ion, ios, ise, isn, iso, iva, ive, nae, nas, nav, nea, nei, neo, nie, nis, noa, nos, nov, oas, oes, oie, ois, ona, one, oni, ons, ose, osi, ova, sai, san, sao, sav, sea, sei, sen, sie, sin, son, sov, vae, van, vas, vei, via, vie, vin, vis, voe, von

Definitions for Evasion

[1] an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something: evasion of one's duty.
[2] the avoiding of an argument, accusation, question, or the like, as by a subterfuge: The old political boss was notorious for his practice of evasion.
[3] a means of evading; subterfuge; an excuse or trick to avoid or get around something: Her polite agreement was an evasion concealing what she really felt.
[4] physical or mental escape.
[5] an act or instance of violating the tax laws by failing or refusing to pay all or part of one's taxes.
[6] the act of evading or escaping, esp from a distasteful duty, responsibility, etc, by trickery, cunning, or illegal means tax evasion
[7] trickery, cunning, or deception used to dodge a question, duty, etc; means of evading

Words related to Evasion

prevarication, slip, artifice, pretext, ditch, lie, trickery, routine, dodge, evasiveness, excuse, sophism, cunning, equivocation, shift, ruse, trick, stall, sophistry, quibble

Words nearby Evasion

evaporimeter, evaporite, evapotranspiration, evaristus, evarts, evasion, evasive, evatt, eve, eve's pudding, evection

Origin of Evasion

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ēvāsiōn- (stem of ēvāsiō ), equivalent to ēvās(us ) (past participle of ēvādere to go out; see evade) + -iōn- -ion

Other words from Evasion

e·va·sion·al , adjective
non·e·va·sion , noun
pre·e·va·sion , noun
re·e·va·sion , noun

Word origin for Evasion

C15: from Late Latin ēvāsiō, from Latin ēvādere to go forth; see evade

Synonyms for Evasion

dodging, artifice, circumvention, cunning, ditch, dodge, elusion, equivocation, evasiveness, excuse, jive, lie, obliqueness, pretext, prevarication, quibble, routine, ruse, shift, shirking, shuffling, shunning, slip, sophism, sophistry, stall, subterfuge, trick, trickery, cop-out, equivocating, eschewal, evading, fancy footwork, fudging, fugiviteness, fugivity, run-around, stonewall