Circumvention Definition & Meaning

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Circumvention

Circumvention Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Circumvention? [n] the act of evading by going around Synonyms \| Synonyms for Circumvention: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Circumvention: avoidance \| avoiding reaction \| bamboozlement \| befooling \| bluffing \| buck-passing \| calculated deception \| conning \| deceiving \| deception \| deceptiveness \| defense mechanism \| defrauding \| delusion \| delusiveness \| dodge \| duck \| dupery \| elusion \| elusiveness \| enmeshment \| ensnarement \| entanglement \| entrapment \| equivocation \| escape \| evasion \| evasive action \| evasiveness \| fallaciousness \| fallacy \| falseness \| flimflam \| flimflammery \| foiling \| fond illusion \| fooling \| forbearance \| forestalling \| forestallment \| frustration \| getting around \| getting round \| hallucination \| hoodwinking \| illusion \| jink \| kidding \| mirage \| neutrality \| nonintervention \| noninvolvement \| outguessing \| outmaneuvering \| outwitting \| overreaching \| passing the buck \| phantasm \| prevention \| putting on \| refraining \| self-deception \| shunning \| shunting off \| shy \| sidestep \| sidetracking \| slip \| snow job \| song and dance \| spoofery \| spoofing \| subterfuge \| swindling \| the runaround \| the slip \| thwarting \| trickiness \| tricking \| victimization \| vision \| willful misconception \| wishful thinking \| zigzag See Also \| dodging \| escape \| evasion Circumvention In Webster's Dictionary \Cir`cum*ven"tion\, n. [L. circumventio.] The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion. A school in which he learns sly circumvention. --Cowper.

Circumvention Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Circumvention?

[n] the act of evading by going around

Synonyms | Synonyms for Circumvention:

See Also | dodging | escape | evasion

Circumvention In Webster's Dictionary

\Cir`cum*ven"tion\, n. [L. circumventio.]
The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or
fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.

      A school in which he learns sly circumvention.
                                               --Cowper.

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