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Abeyance
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The condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension
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Abstemious
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Sparing, especially in the use of food and drink; moderate; temperate
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Circuitous
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Being or taking a roundbout, lengthy course; indirect
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Circumvent
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To avoid by or as if passing around; to overcome or get the better of by artful maneuvering; outwit
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Elude
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To escape from, as by artfulness, cunning, or daring ; to escape the understanding of; baffle
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Eschew
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To avoid habitually, especially on moral or pratical grounds; shun; abstain from
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Evasion
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The act of escaping or avoiding by cleverness or deceit; dodging; a means of evading; a trick or excuse used to avoid something
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Malinger
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To pretend to be ill or injured in order to avoid duty or work
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Oblique
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Indirect; not straightforward; devious, misleading or dishonest; having a slanting or sloping direction, course or position; inclined
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Shirk
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To neglect, put off, or avoid discharging
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