circumvention

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.4 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

\Cir`cum*ven"tion\

[edit] Etymology

From Latin circumventio.

[edit] Noun

circumvention (plural: circumventions)

1. The act of evading by going around (bypassing).
2. The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.

   A school in which he learns sly circumvention. --William Cowper.

[edit] Translations

• German: Umgehung de(de)