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
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noun
- The act, an instance, or a means of avoiding: avoidance, bypass, escape, evasion. See seek/avoid.
| WordNet: circumvention |
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Meaning #1:
the act of evading by going around
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