'Loophole' definitions:
Definition of 'loophole'
(from WordNet)
noun
An ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation
noun
A small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons
Definition of 'Loophole'
From: GCIDE
- Loophole \Loop"hole`\, n.
- 1. (Mil.) A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An amibiguity or unintended omission in a law, rule, regulation, or contract which allows a party to circumvent the intent of the text and avoid its obligations under certain circumstances. -- used usually in a negative sense; -- distinguished from escape clause in that the latter usually is included to deliberately allow evasion of obligation under certain specified and foreseen circumstances; as, a loophole in the law big enough to drive a truck through. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'loophole'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatis,
- advanced work,
- air hole,
- alternative,
- armhole,
- avenue,
- balistraria,
- bank,
- banquette,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barbican,
- barricade,
- barrier,
- bartizan,
- bastion,
- battlement,
- beacon,
- belvedere,
- bleachers,
- blowhole,
- breastwork,
- bridge,
- bullet-hole,
- bulwark,
- bunghole,
- casemate,
- channel,
- cheval-de-frise,
- choice,
- chute,
- circumvallation,
- conning tower,
- contravallation,
- counterscarp,
- cringle,
- curtain,
- deadeye,
- debouch,
- demibastion,
- dike,
- dodge,
- door,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- egress,
- emunctory,
- enclosure,
- entanglement,
- escape,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- estuary,
- evasion,
- exhaust,
- exit,
- eye,
- eyelet,
- fence,
- fieldwork,
- floodgate,
- flume,
- fortalice,
- fortification,
- gallery,
- gasket,
- gazebo,
- glacis,
- grandstand,
- grommet,
- guide,
- keyhole,
- knothole,
- lighthouse,
- lookout,
- loop,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- manhole,
- mantelet,
- merlon,
- mound,
- mousehole,
- observation post,
- observatory,
- opening,
- out,
- outcome,
- outfall,
- outgate,
- outgo,
- outlet,
- outlook,
- outwork,
- overlook,
- palisade,
- parados,
- parapet,
- peanut gallery,
- peephole,
- pharos,
- pigeonhole,
- pinhole,
- placket,
- placket hole,
- pore,
- port,
- portcullis,
- porthole,
- postern gate,
- pretext,
- punch-hole,
- quibble,
- rampart,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- redoubt,
- ringside,
- ringside seat,
- sally port,
- saving clause,
- scarp,
- sconce,
- sighthole,
- sluice,
- spiracle,
- spout,
- stockade,
- subterfuge,
- tap,
- tenaille,
- Texas tower,
- top gallery,
- tower,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- vent,
- ventage,
- venthole,
- vomitory,
- watchtower,
- way of escape,
- way out,
- weir,
- work