- 1the act of avoiding someone or of avoiding something that you are supposed to do His behavior was an evasion of his responsibilities as a father. She's been charged with tax evasion.
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- 2a statement that someone makes that avoids dealing with something or talking about something honestly and directly His speech was full of evasions and half-truths. see evade
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