eluding

the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable the bachelor's eluding of that dreaded trip to the altar came to an end when his girlfriend issued an ultimatum Synonyms avoidance, cop-out, dodging, ducking, escape, elusion, eschewal, eschewing, evasion, out, shaking, shunningRelated Words bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting; averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, preventionNear Antonyms abidance, endurance, submission, toleration