evasion, equivocation -- (a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth)
evasion, nonpayment -- (the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment")
evasion, escape, dodging -- (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive")
evasion -- (the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver)