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ESCAPE, AVOID, EVADE, ELUDE, SHUN, ESCHEW mean to get away or keep away from something.

ESCAPE stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious intent.

e.g. nothing escapes her sharp eyes

AVOID stresses forethought and caution in keeping clear of danger or difficulty.

e.g. try to avoid past errors

EVADE implies adroitness, ingenuity, or lack of scruple in escaping or avoiding.

e.g. evaded the question by changing the subject

ELUDE implies a slippery or baffling quality in the person or thing that escapes.

e.g. what she sees in him eludes me

SHUN often implies an avoiding as a matter of habitual practice or policy and may imply repugnance or abhorrence.

e.g. you have shunned your responsibilities

ESCHEW implies an avoiding or abstaining from as unwise or distasteful.

e.g. a playwright who eschews melodrama

verb with object

evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way:

〈追跡者･敵･危険など〉を(うまく)かわす, 逃れる.

e.g. he managed to elude his pursuers by escaping into an alley.

(of an idea or fact) fail to be grasped or remembered by (someone):

〈事実･考えなどが〉〈人〉に理解できない; 〈名前などが〉〈人〉に思い出せない.

e.g. the logic of this eluded most people.

(of an achievement, or something desired or pursued) fail to be attained by (someone):

〈望むものが〉〈人〉の手に入らない

e.g. sleep still eluded her.

avoid compliance with or subjection to (a law, demand, or penalty).

〈法律･要求･義務など〉を回避する, 履行しない

elusion |əˈlo͞oSH(ə)n| noun

mid 16th century (in the sense ‘delude, baffle’): from Latin eludere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away from’ + ludere ‘to play’.