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dodging

noun

deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

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Word length
7
Starts with
D
Ends with
G
Contains
OD
Scrabble score
11
CEFR level
C1

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noun

  1. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

noun

  1. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

    “his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible”

noun

  1. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

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Example Sentences

his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible
that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive

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