elusion

[ ih-loo-zhuh n ]

/ ɪˈlu ʒən /

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noun

the act of eluding; evasion.

Nearby words

elucubrate, elude, eluent, elul, elura, elusion, elusive, elusively, elusory, elute, elution

Origin of elusion

1540–50; < Late Latin ēlūsiōn- (stem of ēlūsiō) deception, evasion, equivalent to ēlūs(us), past participle of ēlūdere to elude (ē- e-¹ + lūd- play + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion

Can be confused

allusion delusion elusion hallucination illusion (see synonym study at illusion)

Examples from the Web for elusion

The game of challenge and elusion on her part, of perpetual and ever more ardent advance on his.
The Black Pearl|Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
I said it was, and done in defiance and by elusion of the law.
Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847|T. W. (Thomas William) Allies