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Evasion (law), to avoid government mandate through specious means (tax evasion, for example) Evasion (network security) , techniques to by-pass network security devices Evasion (numismatics) , close copy of a coin with just enough deviation in design and/or legend to avoid violating counterfeit laws
In ethics, evasion is an act that deceives by stating a true statement that is irrelevant or leads to a false conclusion.For instance, a man knows that another man is in a room in the building because he heard him, but in answer to a question, says "I have not seen him", thereby avoiding both lying and making a revelation.
The word may be related to the Dutch word nestig, or "dirty". [73] It predates Nast by several centuries, appearing in the most famous sentence of Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, that in the state of nature, the life of man is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short". That work was published in 1651, whereas Nast was born in 1840.
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Definition [ edit ] Although one may legitimately plan affairs to avoid the incidence of obligations or liabilities imposed by the law, but no one may evade the operation of otherwise-mandatory provisions if duties and liabilities have been properly imposed or incurred.
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Evasion: Similar to diversion but giving irrelevant, rambling, or vague responses Covert intimidation: Manipulator putting the victim onto the defensive by using veiled (subtle, indirect or implied) threats. Guilt trip: A special kind of intimidation tactic.