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Synonyms for circumvention

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sur-kuhm-vent, sur-kuhm-vent
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɜr kəmˈvɛnt, ˈsɜr kəmˌvɛnt

Définition of circumvention

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin circumventionem (nominative circumventio), noun of action from past participle stem of circumvenire "to get around" (see circumvent).
  • noun escape
Example sentences :
  • Well, what can't be done by main courage, in war, must be done by circumvention.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • In which there is no wound or defeat or circumvention so long as thou fleest not.
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
  • From the day an animal is born, instinct and training are bent toward the circumvention of enemies.
  • Extract from : « Wild Life Near Home » by Dallas Lore Sharp
  • And even in dreams her genius invented fresh expedients, wrote notes of apology, or made speeches of circumvention.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • One worthy deed, however, he did perform: he publicly burned the Bill for the Circumvention of the Flamp, amid deafening applause.
  • Extract from : « The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice » by E. V. Lucas
  • These secret methods called into exercise counter means as those of circumvention.
  • Extract from : « Makers and Romance of Alabama History » by B. F. Riley
  • Manifold and ingenious, indeed, are the devices of the law for purposes of circumvention!
  • Extract from : « Railroads: Rates and Regulations » by William Z. Ripley
  • Now in this latter attempt, the subtilty of his circumvention, hath indirectly obtained the former.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3) » by Thomas Browne
  • He had a vigorous ally in my mother, who brought her own bright wits to bear on the circumvention of the enemy.
  • Extract from : « Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road » by Katharine Lee Bates
  • I wager he is easy enough to be caught by circumvention—put me in the open with him.
  • Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith

Antonyms for circumvention

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