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Indirection

Indirection Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Indirection? [n] deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats" [n] indirect procedure or action; "he tried to find out by indirection" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Indirection: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Indirection: aberrancy \| aberration \| ambages \| artfulness \| bend \| bias \| branching off \| cheat \| chicane \| chicanery \| circling \| circuition \| circuitousness \| circuitry \| circularity \| circulation \| circumambience \| circumambiency \| circumambulation \| circumflexion \| circumlocution \| circummigration \| circumnavigation \| corner \| corruptedness \| corruption \| corruptness \| craft \| criminality \| crook \| crookedness \| crosswiseness \| cunning \| curve \| deceit \| deceitfulness \| declination \| deflection \| deflexure \| departure \| detour \| deviance \| deviancy \| deviation \| deviousness \| diagonality \| digression \| dirt \| discursion \| dishonesty \| dishonor \| divagation \| divarication \| divergence \| diversion \| dogleg \| double \| double-dealing \| drift \| drifting \| dupery \| duplicity \| errantry \| evasiveness \| excursion \| excursus \| exorbitation \| falseheartedness \| falseness \| feloniousness \| fraud \| fraudulence \| fraudulency \| furtiveness \| guile \| gyre \| gyring \| hairpin \| hanky-panky \| hypocrisy \| improbity \| indirectness \| insidiousness \| meandering \| nonconformity \| obliqueness \| obliquity \| orbit \| orbiting \| pererration \| periphrase \| periphrasis \| rambling \| roundaboutness \| rounding \| shadiness \| sheer \| shift \| shiftiness \| shifting \| shifting course \| shifting path \| skew \| skewness \| slant \| slipperiness \| sneak attack \| sneakiness \| spiral \| spiraling \| squint \| straying \| surreptitiousness \| sweep \| swerve \| swerving \| swinging \| tack \| transverseness \| treacherousness \| trickiness \| turn \| turning \| twist \| unconscientiousness \| underhandedness \| unsavoriness \| unscrupulousness \| unstraightforwardness \| vagary \| variation \| veer \| wandering \| warp \| wheeling \| yaw \| zigzag See Also \| deceit \| deception \| dissembling \| dissimulation \| procedure \| process Indirection In Webster's Dictionary \In`di*rec"tion\, n. [Cf. F. indirection.] Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. ``By indirections find directions out.'' --Shak.

Indirection Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indirection?

[n] deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"
[n] indirect procedure or action; "he tried to find out by indirection"

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Indirection In Webster's Dictionary

\In`di*rec"tion\, n. [Cf. F. indirection.]
Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.
``By indirections find directions out.'' --Shak.

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