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the art of answering a different question than the one you were asked.
means a deliberate act of avoiding something, usually a duty, truth, or tax, without technically lying about it.
from from latin evadere, to escape or get away, from ex- (out) plus vadere (to go) — the same root that gives us invade and pervade.
legal cousintax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is not
boxing termoriginally described dodging blows without breaking stance
favorite toolthe passive voice: mistakes were made