Synonyms: shunning, turning away, avoidance, dodging
Definition: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
Similar words: rejection
Definition: the act of rejecting something
Usage: his proposals were met with rejection
Synonyms: dodging, evasion, escape
Definition: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Usage: his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible; that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive
Similar words: neglect, negligence, nonperformance, carelessness
Definition: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Synonyms: scheme, dodge, dodging
Definition: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery