"dodging" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (synset 100742010)
"his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"

is a type of: carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
subtypes:
- escape mechanism - a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities
- malingering, skulking - evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
- goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldiering - the evasion of work or duty
- circumvention - the act of evading by going around
same as: escape, evasion
A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (synset 106769391)
is a type of: falsehood, falsity, untruth - a false statement

same as: dodge, scheme
Deliberately avoiding;
Keeping away from or preventing from happening (synset 100204602)
is a type of: rejection - the act of rejecting something
subtypes:
- aversion, averting - the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
- escape - an avoidance of danger or difficulty
- near thing - something that barely avoids failure or disaster
same as: avoidance, shunning, turning away