evasion

Meanings

• a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
• the deliberate act of failing to pay money
  • "his evasion of all his creditors"
• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
  • "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"
• the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

Synonyms

dodging, equivocation, escape, nonpayment