Definition of "finessing" [finessing]

• Present participle of finesse. (verb)

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• "“Partial” birth and post-birth abortions are, de facto, equivalent to infanticide, to suggest otherwise or to elide that fact via circumlocution or other semantic finessing is precisely that, evasion."
• "In management-speak it was known as finessing the situation."
• "I share Citizen’s position (stated above) - and hope – on the role of globalization in finessing the race/color question."