About The Word Elusion
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Elusion
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What's The Definition Of Elusion?
[n] the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Elusion: eluding | slip Related Terms | Find terms related to Elusion: avoidance | avoiding reaction | buck-passing | circumvention | defense mechanism | dodge | duck | elusiveness | equivocation | escape | eschewal | evasion | evasive action | evasiveness | foiling | forbearance | forestalling | forestallment | frustration | getting around | getting round | jink | neutrality | nonintervention | noninvolvement | outguessing | outmaneuvering | outwitting | passing the buck | prevention | refraining | runaround | shunning | shunting off | shy | sidestep | sidetracking | slip | the runaround | the slip | thwarting | zigzag See Also | evasion Elusion In Webster's Dictionary \E*lu"sion\, n. [LL. elusio, fr. L. eludere, elusum. See
{Elude}.]
Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a
cheat; trickery.
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