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1 Circumvention -- rank: 1000

Circumvention definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CIRCUMVENTION, n. 1. The act of prevailing over another by arts ... Merriam Webster's noun see circumvent Webster's 1913 Dictionary Circumvention Cir`cum*ven"tion, n. [L. circumventio.] The act of ... fraud; imposture; delusion. A school in which he learns sly circumvention. --Cowper. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Fraud, deception ...

2 Frustration -- rank: 358

... Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Disappointment, defeat, balking, foiling, baffling, circumvention, check, thwarting, bringing to nought. Moby Thesaurus ambivalence, ambivalence of ... expectation, blighted hope, blow, buck-passing, buffet, cancellation, check, checkmate, circumvention, comedown, conflict, confounding, confusion, counterbalancing, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope ...

3 Circumvent -- rank: 358

... or stratagem < the setup circumvented the red tape — Lynne McTaggart > • circumvention noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. 1 a evade (a ... b baffle, outwit. 2 entrap (an enemy) by surrounding. Derivatives: circumvention n. Etymology: L circumvenire circumvent- (as CIRCUM-, venire come) Webster ...

4 Thwarting -- rank: 226

... Thesaurus annulment, bafflement, balk, balking, buck-passing, cancellation, check, checkmate, circumvention, confounding, counterbalancing, defeat, discomfiture, disconcertion, elusion, evasion, foil, foiling, frustration ...

5 runaround -- rank: 226

... PHRASE: V inflects Moby Thesaurus avoidance, avoiding reaction, buck-passing, circumvention, defense mechanism, dodge, duck, elusion, elusiveness, equivocation, escape, eschewal, evasion ...

6 Refraining -- rank: 226

... abstention, abstinence, asceticism, avoidance, avoiding reaction, banyan day, celibacy, chastity, circumvention, continence, defense mechanism, dodge, duck, elusion, elusiveness, equivocation, escape, eschewal ...

7 Pious fraud -- rank: 226

... property. --Wharton. Syn: Deception; deceit; guile; craft; wile; sham; strife; circumvention; stratagem; trick; imposition; cheat. See Deception.

8 Prevention -- rank: 226

... balk, balking, ban, banning, bar, barring, block, blocking, check, checking, circumvention, contraband, control, controlling, curb, curbing, debarment, debarring, defense mechanism, delay ...

9 Phantasm -- rank: 226

... spirit, bamboozlement, banshee, befooling, bluffing, brainchild, bubble, calculated deception, chimera, circumvention, conning, control, deceiving, deception, deceptiveness, defrauding, delirium, delusion, delusiveness, departed ...

10 Kidding -- rank: 226

... banter, bantering, befooling, bluffing, booing, calculated deception, catcalling, chaff, chaffing, circumvention, conning, deceiving, deception, deceptiveness, defrauding, delusion, delusiveness, derisive, derisory, dupery ...

11 Iniquitous -- rank: 226

... violation of the rights of others, usually by fraud or circumvention. Nefarious is still stronger, implying a breach of the most ...

12 Illusion -- rank: 226

... befooling, bewitchery, bewitchment, bluffing, brainchild, bubble, calculated deception, captivation, chimera, circumvention, conning, deceiving, deception, deceptiveness, defectiveness, defrauding, delirium, delusion, delusiveness, deviancy ...

13 hocus-pocus -- rank: 226

... 2. Cheat, juggle, trick, deception, imposition, imposture, delusion, deceit, artifice, circumvention, chouse, piece of finesse. Moby Thesaurus abracadabra, artifice, cheat, chicanery ...

14 Hallucination -- rank: 226

... bamboozlement, befooling, block, blocking, bluffing, brainchild, bubble, calculated deception, chimera, circumvention, conning, deceiving, deception, deceptiveness, defrauding, delirium, delirium tremens, delusion, delusion ...

15 Machiavelianism -- rank: 226

... Synonyms n. ; (also machiavelism) Duplicity, chicane, guile, chicanery, trickery, cunning, circumvention, deceit, deception, artifice, dissimulation, double-dealing, hocus-pocus, shifting, quibbling ...