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ELUSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does elusion mean?
• ELUSION (noun)
The noun ELUSION has 1 sense:
1. the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Familiarity information: ELUSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("elusion" is a kind of...):
evasion (the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver)
Derivation:
elude (escape, either physically or mentally)
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