Noun
1. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
2. the deliberate act of failing to pay money;
"his evasion of all his creditors""he was indicted for nonpayment"3. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do;
"his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible""that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"4. the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver