avoidance
11avoidance — a|void|ance [əˈvɔıdəns] n [U] the act of avoiding someone or something avoidance of ▪ the avoidance of issues such as domestic violence ▪ a tax avoidance scheme (=legal way of not paying tax) …
12avoidance — noun (U) the act of avoiding someone or something (+ of): the avoidance of issues such as domestic violence | tax avoidance (=legal ways of not paying tax): millions of dollars in lost revenue due to tax avoidance …
13avoidance — /euh voyd ns/, n. 1. the act of avoiding or keeping away from: the avoidance of scandal; the avoidance of one s neighbors. 2. Law. a making void; annulment. [1350 1400; ME < AF; see AVOID, ANCE] * * * …
14avoidance — noun Avoidance is used before these nouns: ↑mechanism, ↑tactic Avoidance is used after these nouns: ↑conflict, ↑risk, ↑tax …
15avoidance — [[t]əvɔ͟ɪdəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu N of n Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them. Anyone can improve his or her own health by the avoidance of stress …
16avoidance — UK [əˈvɔɪd(ə)ns] / US [əˈvɔɪdəns] noun [uncountable] the practice or policy of avoiding someone or something the avoidance of open confrontation tax avoidance …
17avoidance — /əˈvɔɪdns/ (say uh voydns) noun 1. the act of keeping away from: avoidance of scandal. 2. Law a making void. 3. tax avoidance …
18avoidance — Nullifying; rendering void. See confession and avoidance; plea in confession and avoidance …
19avoidance — 1) the probability that a fish or fish school will escape capture by swimming out of the path of a ship or trawl, away from or alongside a gill net, or avoid retention by a hook or trap. May be expressed as a function of size or age (avoidance… …
20avoidance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Refraining from Nouns 1. (act of avoiding) avoidance, evasion, default, circumvention, elusion, dodge, sidestep; abstinence, forbearance, refraining (See asceticism); departure; escape, flight; truancy,… …
