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evasion

eva.sion \i-'va--zh*n\ n [ME, fr. MF or LL; MF, fr. LL evasion-, evasio, 
   fr. L evasus,] pp. of evadere to evade 1: the act or an instance of evading 
   : ESCAPE  2: a means of evading