'Elusion' definitions:
Definition of 'elusion'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Elusion'
From: GCIDE
- Elusion \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elusion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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