circumvention
1Circumvention — Cir cum*ven tion, n. [L. circumventio.] The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion. [1913 Webster] A school in which he learns sly circumvention. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …
2Circumvention — Circumvention, Umgehung, Ueberlistung; Circumversion, Umdrehung, Circumvolution, Umwickelung …
3circumvention — index artifice, deception, device (contrivance), evasion, false pretense, hoax, knavery, maneuver …
4circumvention — (n.) early 15c., from L. circumventionem (nom. circumventio), noun of action from pp. stem of circumvenire (see CIRCUMVENT (Cf. circumvent)) …
5circumvention — noun a) The act of evading by going around (bypassing). A school in which he learns sly circumvention. . b) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion …
6circumvention — circumvent ► VERB ▪ find a way around (an obstacle). DERIVATIVES circumvention noun. ORIGIN Latin circumvenire skirt around …
7circumvention of truth — index false pretense Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8circumvention — noun see circumvent …
9circumvention — See circumventer. * * * …
10circumvention — Synonyms and related words: avoidance, avoiding reaction, bamboozlement, befooling, bluffing, buck passing, calculated deception, conning, deceiving, deception, deceptiveness, defense mechanism, defrauding, delusion, delusiveness, dodge, duck,… …
