the act of deceiving or being deceived

misleading; being dishonest

the process of avoiding something; an act, statement, excuse etc used to avoid something

escape, avoidance

a false or mistaken belief; false reasoning or argument

illusion, misconception

a statement or conclusion that does not (seem to) have any connection to what was said or written before

fallacy

an attempt to avoid an honest answer by using a secondary or doubtful meaning of a word or phrase; to argue about small points or differences

objection, complaint