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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.
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Circumvention — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Circumvention — Circumvention, Umgehung, Ueberlistung; Circumversion, Umdrehung, Circumvolution, Umwickelung … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
circumvention — index artifice, deception, device (contrivance), evasion, false pretense, hoax, knavery, maneuver … Law dictionary
circumvention — (n.) early 15c., from L. circumventionem (nom. circumventio), noun of action from pp. stem of circumvenire (see CIRCUMVENT (Cf. circumvent)) … Etymology dictionary
circumvention — circumvent ► VERB ▪ find a way around (an obstacle). DERIVATIVES circumvention noun. ORIGIN Latin circumvenire skirt around … English terms dictionary
circumvention of truth — index false pretense Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
circumvention — noun see circumvent … New Collegiate Dictionary
circumvention — See circumventer. * * * … Universalium
circumvention — 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
circumvention — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act, an instance, or a means of avoiding: avoidance, bypass, escape, evasion. See SEEK … English dictionary for students
