avoid (redirected from avoidances)

avoid (Cancel), verb annul, defeat, destroy the efficacy of, invalidate, make inoperative, make of no effect, make void, make wholly without effect, refute, vacate, void

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avoid (Evade), verb abstain from, avert, balk at, decline, depart from, dodge, elude, escape, eschew, flee from, forsake, have nothing to do with, hold back, keep at a distance from, keep away from, keep clear of, make off, part company, refrain from, retreat, shun, shy away from, vitare

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See also: abscond, adeem, annul, avert, cancel, deceive, default, deter, detour, discriminate, disdain, disfavor, elude, escape, eschew, estrange, evade, exclude, fail, forestall, forgo, forswear, neglect, parry, picket, pretermit, prevent, refrain, repeal, shirk, shun, stave, tergiversate