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bypassing(verb, avoiding)
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circumvention(noun, restraint, escape, retreat, cunning)
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disdain(noun, avoidance)
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eschewing
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flight(noun, restraint, retreat, entertainment, diversion)
2
idleness
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loafing(verb, adjective)
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parrying
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retreat(noun, restraint, entertainment, relaxation, diversion)
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skulking
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truant
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work-shy(noun, idle, lazy, indolent, faineant)
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absention(noun, restraint, retreat, entertainment, diversion)
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abstinence(noun, avoidance)
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artifice(escape, excuse, dodge, avoidance, evasion)
1
balking
1
blenching
1
blinking
1
cagey
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circumventing(verb, avoiding)
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