Definitions for: Avoidance

[n] deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

Webster (1913) Definition: A*void"ance, n.
1. The act of annulling; annulment.

2. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant;
-- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming
void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the
incumbent.

Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's
chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some
one or other clapped in before him. --Fuller.

3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.

4. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. ``The
avoidance of pain.'' --Beattie.

5. The courts by which anything is carried off.

Avoidances and drainings of water. --Bacon.

Synonyms: dodging, shunning, turning away

See Also: aversion, averting, escape, near thing, rejection

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