noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of evading or going around (bypassing). countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the act of evading by going around wordnet
3. 3
   The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception. countable, uncountable

   "a school in which he learns sly circumvention"

Synonyms

All synonyms

avoidanceavoiding reactionbamboozlementbefoolingbluffingbuck-passing

Example

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"a school in which he learns sly circumvention"

Etymology

From Latin circumventio, equivalent to circumvent + -ion.

Related phrases

go around

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