evade

To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.

He evaded his opponent's blows.

The robbers evaded the police.

To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

Evading from perils.

Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove.

To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways.