noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɪˈveɪʒən/
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rhymes with -eɪʒən
rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:IH0 V EY1 ZH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:IY0 V EY1 ZH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle French évasion, from Late Latin evasionem (accusative of evasio).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
избя́гване
(izbjágvane)
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Bulgarian:
извъ́ртане
(izvǎ́rtane)
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Catalan:
evasió
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Finnish:
välttely
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
French:
esquive
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
German:
Umgehung
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
German:
Ausweichen
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
German:
Hinterziehung
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
German:
Vermeidung
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Hungarian:
elkerülés
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Hungarian:
megkerülés
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Hungarian:
kikerülés
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Hungarian:
kitérés
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Hungarian:
kijátszás
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Hungarian:
mellébeszélés
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Hungarian:
kertelés
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Hungarian:
köntörfalazás
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Italian:
evasione
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Portuguese:
evasão
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Portuguese:
evasiva
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Russian:
уклоне́ние
(uklonénije)
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Scottish Gaelic:
seachnadh
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Spanish:
evasión
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Spanish:
fraude de ley
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Spanish:
evasiva
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Spanish:
callejuela
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Swahili:
ukwepaji
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Swedish:
flykt
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Vietnamese:
sự lảng tránh
— the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
