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circumvention (s) (noun), circumventions (pl)
The action of overreaching, outwitting, or getting the better of anyone by craft or artifice: Tom knew, by the use of circumvention, how to avoid or evade his duty of washing up the dishes after dinner by saying that he suddenly felt ill and had a headache.
A man is circumventing the his wife as he tries to sneak into his house.

A husband makes the supreme effort to avoid facing his wife after too much drinking and getting home long after he said he would.

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