1. The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit manoeuvre
   "The suspect's evasion of the police involved a series of quick turns through narrow alleys"
    
2. Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
   "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible";
   - escape, dodging
    
3. A statement that deliberately avoids or sidesteps the truth
   "His response was pure evasion, never directly addressing the question";
   - equivocation
    
4. The deliberate act of failing to pay money
   "his evasion of all his creditors";
   - nonpayment

Derived forms: evasions

Type of: carelessness, commerce, commercialism, deceit, deception, escape, flight, mercantilism, misrepresentation, neglect, negligence, nonperformance

Encyclopedia: Evasion