Synonyms:
evasion, escape, dodging
Meaning: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
Usage examples
So she went on with nimble footsteps, dodging the crowd, and soon came to the corner.
Abram went peering and dodging beside the fence, peeping into the bushes, searching for the bird.
You see he moves so quickly, dodging out of sight in a flash, that whoever catches him must be quick indeed.
As far as I could make out, he kept dodging in and out through the broken wall of the goat-house; but in a short time my shots evidently told, as his struggles ceased and all was still.