Meaning of ELUSION
| Pronunciation: | | i'loozhun
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
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| | Synonyms: | | eluding, slip |
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| | See Also: | | evasion | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*lu"sion\, n. [LL. elusio, fr. L. eludere, elusum. See
{Elude}.]
Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a
cheat; trickery.
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| | Related Terms: | | avoidance, avoiding reaction, buck-passing, circumvention, defense mechanism, dodge, duck, elusiveness, equivocation, escape, eschewal, evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, foiling, forbearance, forestalling, forestallment, frustration, getting around, getting round, jink, neutrality, nonintervention, noninvolvement, outguessing, outmaneuvering, outwitting, passing the buck, prevention, refraining, runaround, shunning, shunting off, shy, sidestep, sidetracking, slip, the runaround, the slip, thwarting, zigzag |
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