00740712-n 'nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do';
 
Czech únik
Chinese (simplified) 回避 , 避开 , 借口 , 遁辞
English escape 1 ( ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ) , dodging 1 ( ⊳ ) , evasion ( ⊳ )
Indonesian pelepasan , perbuatan melarikan diri
Italian evasione
Japanese 忌避 , 回避 , 遁れ , 逃避 , 逃げ , 逃れ
Malaysian perbuatan melarikan diri , pelepasan
Definitions
Japanese
するべきだが気の進まないことを（あざむきやごまかしなどの手段により）実行しないこと
― 彼が明らかにすべきことを回避したのは、非難されるべきだ; その結果からの逃避は可能だが、あまり勧められない
English
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
― his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible; that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive
Relations
Hyponym: escape_mechanism circumvention malingering shirking
Hypernym: negligence
Semantic Field: actn
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