Synonyms for elusion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-loo-zhuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlu ʒən |
Top 10 synonyms for elusion Other synonyms for the word elusion
- abdication
- aberration
- abrogation
- absconding
- absention
- ambiguity
- apostasy
- artifice
- avoidance
- AWOL
- backsliding
- beat
- bias
- bolt
- break
- bypassing
- castoff
- casuistry
- cavil
- circumvention
- come-off
- cop-out
- cunning
- decampment
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- defecting
- delay
- deliverance
- delusion
- departing
- departure
- derelict
- dereliction
- detour
- deviation
- difficulty
- disaffection
- disavowal
- disavowing
- ditch
- diversion
- divorce
- dodge
- dodging
- ducking
- elopement
- elusion
- elusiveness
- equivocating
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- escape
- escaping
- escapism
- eschewal
- evading
- evasiveness
- excuse
- extrication
- fadeout
- falling away
- falsehood
- falseness
- fancy footwork
- faultiness
- flaw
- flight
- forbearance
- forsaking
- fudging
- fugiviteness
- fugivity
- going back on
- hegira
- heresy
- illogicality
- inconsistency
- inertia
- inexactness
- invalidity
- jive
- lam
- leave
- leaving
- lie
- marooning
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- mistake
- non sequitur
- nonparticipation
- notion
- obliqueness
- out
- paradox
- parry
- passive resistance
- perfidy
- perversion
- postponement
- powder
- preconception
- prejudice
- pretext
- prevarication
- quibble
- quibbling
- quirk
- recession
- recoil
- recreancy
- rejection
- release
- relinquishment
- renunciation
- repudiation
- resignation
- restraint
- retirement
- retreat
- roundabout
- routine
- run-around
- runaround
- running out on
- ruse
- secession
- self-restraint
- shift
- shirking
- shuffling
- shunning
- sidestepping
- slip
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spring
- spuriousness
- stall
- steering clear of
- stonewall
- subterfuge
- tergiversation
- treachery
- trick
- trickery
- truancy
- untruth
- withdrawal
Définition of elusion
Origin :- 1540s, noun of action from elude, or from Medieval Latin elusionem (nominative elusio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin eludere.
- As in avoidance : noun eluding; preventing
- As in run-around : noun avoidance
- As in speciousness : noun fallacy
- As in spuriousness : noun fallacy
- As in desertion : noun abandonment
- As in escape : noun breaking away; getaway
- As in evasion : noun escape, avoidance
- As in fallacy : noun illusion, misconception
- I said it was, and done in defiance and by elusion of the law.
- Extract from : « Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 » by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
- The game of challenge and elusion on her part, of perpetual and ever more ardent advance on his.
- Extract from : « The Black Pearl » by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
Antonyms for elusion
- accuracy
- advance
- aid
- allowance
- approval
- arrival
- assistance
- capture
- certainty
- challenge
- coming
- conformity
- continuation
- correction
- directness
- entrance
- evidence
- facing
- fact
- fairness
- frankness
- help
- honesty
- honor
- maintenance
- meeting
- openness
- ratification
- reality
- right
- sameness
- stay
- staying
- surety
- truth
- truthfulness
- uprightness
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