circumvention

UK/,sɝkəm'vɛnʃən/US/.sә:kәm'venʃәn/

Definitions

The act of cleverly avoiding or bypassing something.

规避，绕过

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

circum-around

ventcome, arrive

-ionact, process, state

=circumvention

circum- (around) + vent (come) + -ion (act) = 'a coming-around' — the noun of circumvent. Common in legal contexts (circumvention of copyright protections).

Root ven still carries 84 more words

Example Sentences

1.
The law bans the circumvention of copyright protections.

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