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- Dictionaryavoidance/əˈvɔɪd(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. the action of keeping away from or not doing something: "one third of cancer deaths could be prevented by avoidance of smoking"
- 2. the action of repudiating, nullifying, or rendering void a decree or contract: "insurance underwriters could not rely on non-disclosure to justify avoidance of the contract"
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the act of avoiding something or someone: The avoidance of injury is critical to a professional athlete. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Avoiding action. abrogate. abrogation. avoid something like the plague idiom. blow something/someone off. end-run. eschew. evader. evasion. fiddle around. insure. shirk. short circuit.
: an act or practice of avoiding or withdrawing from something. Synonyms. cop-out. dodging. ducking. eluding. elusion. escape. eschewal. eschewing. evasion. out. shaking. shunning. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of avoidance in a Sentence. a writer known for avoidance of sentimentality a complete avoidance of sentimentality.
Avoidance definition: the act of avoiding or keeping away from. See examples of AVOIDANCE used in a sentence.
The act of deliberately keeping yourself away from something is avoidance. Your avoidance of the outdoors this summer has left you very pale! Some types of avoidance make a lot of sense, like the avoidance of horror movies by someone who's easily frightened.
avoidance (of something) not doing something; preventing something from existing or happening A person's health improves with the avoidance of stress. see also tax avoidance
1. the act of keeping away from or preventing from happening. 2. (Law) law. a. the act of annulling or making void. b. the countering of an opponent's plea with fresh evidence. 3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) ecclesiastical law the state of a benefice having no incumbent.
avoidance. noun [ U ] us / əˈvɔɪ.d ə ns / uk / əˈvɔɪ.d ə ns / Add to word list. the act of avoiding something or someone: The avoidance of injury is critical to a professional athlete. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Avoiding action. abrogate. abrogation. avoid something like the plague idiom. blow something/someone off. doss. end-run.
