avoidance
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happeningSynonyms: turning awayshunningdodging
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Avoidance \A*void"ance\, n.
1.The act of annulling; annulment. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]
3.A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal. [1913 Webster]
4.The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. "The avoidance of pain." --Beattie. [1913 Webster]
5.The courts by which anything is carried off. [1913 Webster]
Avoidances and drainings of water.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]