ALL meanings of circumventing
cir·cum·vent
C c - verb with object circumventing to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues. 1
- verb with object circumventing to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements. 1
- verb with object circumventing to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops. 1
- noun circumventing Present participle of circumvent. 1