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[ noun ] nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Examples "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible" "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)The influence of Mass was less pervasive than that of the congested , slum tenements among the bawdy_houses , honkytonks , and sawdust_saloons of his birthplace ; he ran wild with the child gangs of the neighbourhood , and went_through the normal pressure-cooker course of thieving , police dodging , and housebreaking . Related terms negligence shirking malingering circumvention escape_mechanism tax_evasion miss hedge |
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[ noun ] deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
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