- an evading; specif., an avoiding of a duty, question, etc. by deceit or cleverness
- a way of doing this; subterfuge
Origin of evasion
Middle English and Old French from Classical Latin evasio from evasus, past participle of evadere: see evade
noun
- An example of evasion is not paying income taxes for ten years.
- An example of evasion is purposely being in a different room from your ex-girlfriend at a party.
Evasion is defined as avoiding or escaping a person or thing.
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evasion
noun
- The act or an instance of evading.
- A means of evading; a subterfuge.
Origin of evasion
Middle English evasioun from Old French evasion from Late Latin ēvāsiō ēvāsiōn- from Latin ēvāsus past participle of ēvādere to evade ; see evade .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural evasions)
Origin
See also: évasionFrom Middle French évasion, from Late Latin evasionem (accusative of evasio).
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evasion - Computer Definition
To undertake an attack in such a way that it remains undetected by the Intrusion Detection System. Typically, an attacker has to know how an IDS reacts to certain attack patterns; the attacker then changes these patterns so that the attack blends in with the rest of the traffic and thus remains undetected.
See Also: Intrusion Detection System.
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Sentence Examples
- In 2005, Hatch was indicted for tax evasion after it came to light that he had never paid taxes on the money he received from the show, as well as income he earned in promoting the show through interviews and other media.
- In face of this no evasion was possible.
- As he approached Alexandria Antiochus met the Roman ambassador, and, after a brief attempt at evasion, accepted his ultimatum on the spot.
- His power to effect a reasonable agreement between the contending parties; but both in this respect and in the matter of a commercial treaty with England, then under negotiation, his efforts had been met with evasion and latent hostility.
- They were accepted at Perth, in 1618, but were evaded wherever evasion was possible.
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