evade responsibility

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• evade — [[t]ɪve͟ɪd[/t]] evades, evading, evaded 1) VERB If you evade something, you find a way of not doing something that you really ought to do. [V n] By his own admission, he evaded taxes as a Florida real estate speculator... [V n] Delegates accused… …   English dictionary

• responsibility — noun 1 being responsible ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, full, total ▪ awesome, big, enormous, grave, great, heavy …   Collocations dictionary

• responsibility — n. accountability obligation 1) to accept, assume, shoulder, take, take on (a) responsibility 2) to bear, exercise; share (the) responsibility 3) to dodge, evade, shirk responsibility 4) an awesome; clear; grave, great, heavy, terrible (colloq.)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• evade — verb 1 escape ADVERB ▪ narrowly ▪ They narrowly evaded a police car which was approaching. ▪ successfully VERB + EVADE ▪ attempt to, try to …   Collocations dictionary

• responsibility */*/*/ — UK [rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlətɪ] / US [rɪˌspɑnsəˈbɪlətɪ] noun Word forms responsibility : singular responsibility plural responsibilities Get it right: responsibility: Notice the spelling of responsibility, which is spelled with an i , not an a : Wrong:… …   English dictionary

• evade — UK [ɪˈveɪd] / US verb [transitive] Word forms evade : present tense I/you/we/they evade he/she/it evades present participle evading past tense evaded past participle evaded 1) to avoid accepting or dealing with something that you should do He had …   English dictionary

• evade — e|vade [ ı veıd ] verb transitive 1. ) to avoid accepting or dealing with something that you should do: He had become an expert at evading responsibility. She was found guilty of evading taxes amounting to nearly $500,000. a ) to avoid talking… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• evade — [ɪˈveɪd] verb [T] 1) to avoid dealing with someone or something that you should deal with He had become an expert at evading responsibility.[/ex] 2) to avoid being caught The armed robbers managed to evade the police.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Individual ministerial responsibility — Ministerial responsibility or individual ministerial responsibility is a constitutional convention in governments using the Westminster System that a cabinet minister bears the ultimate responsibility for the actions of their ministry or… …   Wikipedia

• cop out — Synonyms and related words: abatement of differences, abstain, abstention, accommodate, accommodation, adjust, adjustment, alibi, anythingarianism, arrangement, bargain, cash in, check out, compose, composition, compound, compromise, concession,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• cop out — verb choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider • Syn: ↑opt out • Derivationally related forms: ↑copout • Hypernyms: ↑choose, ↑prefer, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary