CIRCUMVENTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of evading by going around

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("circumvention" is a kind of...):

dodging; escape; evasion (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do)

Derivation:

circumvent (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues))

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