evasion
noun
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something.
evasions
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pluralof evasion.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Morrison seems to have taken particular inspiration from the omissions and evasions of Faulkner’s fragmentary storytelling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
She added: "Families who have suffered deserve honesty, transparency and a full apology – not evasions and excuses."
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
But his evasions are getting harder to maintain.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
But this time, in a series of meetings on Tuesday, the Republican lawmakers brushed him off, shrugged that the romance was over, then tacked on that hoariest of evasions: It’s not you, it’s us.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023
Theo, whose evasions still bother me, whose secrets don’t make sense to me, whose secrets I didn’t even imagine existed.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
