n. 1. The act or an instance of evading. 2. A means of evading; a subterfuge. [Middle English evasioun, from Old French evasion, from Late Latin ēvāsiō, ēvāsiōn-, from Latin ēvāsus, past participle of ēvādere, to evade; see EVADE.] |
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