circumvention
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin circumventio.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcircumvention (countable and uncountable, plural circumventions)
- The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
- The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception
- 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:
- a school in which he learns sly circumvention
Derived terms
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editTranslations
editbypassing
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act of prevailing
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