Definitions For Evasion

noun

  • The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
  • Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
  • The deliberate act of failing to pay money
  • A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
  • The act of avoiding something that you do not want to do or deal with : the act of evading something
  • A way of avoiding something
  • A statement or action that avoids directly dealing with something (such as a difficult problem or question)

Is Evasion a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
12

The word Evasion is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Evasion in a Sentence

  • He was arrested for tax evasion.
  • They came up with an evasion of the law to keep all the land for themselves.
  • His reply was nothing but careful evasions.

Synonyms for Evasion

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