- 1the act of avoiding somebody or of avoiding something that you are supposed to do His behaviour was an evasion of his responsibilities as a father. She's been charged with tax evasion.
- 2a statement that somebody makes that avoids dealing with something or talking about something honestly and directly His speech was full of evasions and half-truths. see also evade Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘prevaricating excuse’): via Old French from Latin evasio(n-), from evadere from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vadere ‘go’.Extra examples a deliberate evasion of her responsibilities His behaviour was an evasion of his responsibilities. She’s been charged with tax evasion.
evasion
nounBrE BrE//ɪˈveɪʒn//; NAmE NAmE//ɪˈveɪʒn//
[countable, uncountable]Check pronunciation: evasion
