circumvention Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of evading by going around

WordNet

Cir`cum*ven"tion noun
Etymology
L. circumventio.
Definitions
  1. The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
    A school in which he learns sly circumvention. Cowper.

Webster 1913