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Circumvention

//ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈvɛnʃən// noun

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"

Etymology

From Latin circumventio, equivalent to circumvent + -ion.

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