Evade and Spurn

Evade

Evade verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

Spurn and evade are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spurn" instead a verb "Evade".

Nearby Words: evasion, evading, evader

Spurn

Spurn verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.

Evade and spurn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Evade" instead a verb "Spurn".

Nearby Words: spur, spurned, spurning

Common collocations

people evade people spurn people
enemies evade enemies spurn enemies
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