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ducking

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ducking

the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable

the disgraceful ducking of your duties to your family

Synonyms of ducking

avoidance, cop-out, dodging, eluding, elusion, escape, eschewal, eschewing, evasion, out, shaking, shunning

Words Related to ducking

bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting

averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, prevention

Near Antonyms of ducking

abidance, endurance, submission, toleration

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