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CIRCUMVENTION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does circumvention mean?

• CIRCUMVENTION (noun)
The noun CIRCUMVENTION has 1 sense:

1. the act of evading by going around

Familiarity information: CIRCUMVENTION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CIRCUMVENTION (noun)

Sense 1

circumvention ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

The act of evading by going around

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("circumvention" is a kind of...):

dodging; escape; evasion (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do)

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