Term: escape mechanism: a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities
Broader: evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Unrelated: hawthorn: a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
Broader: evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Unrelated: alluvial soil: a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds
Broader: evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Unrelated: blockbuster: an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
Broader: evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Unrelated: medical bill: statement of charges for medical services
Broader: evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Unrelated: wiper: contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet
Broader: evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Unrelated: tomorrow: the near future
Broader: evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Unrelated: alidade: surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles
Broader: evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Unrelated: writing: the activity of putting something in written form
Broader: evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Unrelated: eightpenny nail: a nail 2.5 inches long
Broader: evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Unrelated: zealot: a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans