circumvention

Variant of circumvent

transitive verb

  1. to surround or circle around
  2. to surround or encircle with evils, enmity, etc.; entrap
  3. to get the better of or prevent from happening by craft or ingenuity

Origin: < L circumventus, pp. of circumvenire < circum, around + venire, come

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