elusion
[ ih-loo-zhuh n ]
/ ɪˈlu ʒən /
noun
the act of eluding; evasion.
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Origin of elusion
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH elusion
allusion delusion elusion hallucination illusion (see synonym study at illusion)Words nearby elusion
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Example sentences 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 WoodrowI 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