Evasion
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
Example sentence: Public relations is at best promotion or manipulation, at worst evasion and outright deception. What it is never about is a free flow of information.
Dodging
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
Example sentence: As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one.