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CIRCUMVENTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of evading by going around
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("circumvention" is a kind of...):
dodging; escape; evasion (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do)
Derivation:
circumvent (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues))
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