avoidance
a·void·ance
(ə-void′ns)n.
1. The act of shunning or avoiding.
2. Law An annulment.
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avoidance
(əˈvɔɪdəns)n
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
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avoidance
Individual and/or unit measures taken to avoid or minimize nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) attacks and reduce the effects of NBC hazards.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  avoidance - deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happeningrejection - the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection" aversion, averting - the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry" escape - an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape" near thing - something that barely avoids failure or disaster |
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avoidance
noun
2. prevention, safeguard, precaution, anticipation, thwarting, elimination, deterrence, forestalling, prophylaxis, preclusion, obviation Improve your health by stress avoidance
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avoidance
noun1. The act, an instance, or a means of avoiding:
2. Law. An often formal act of putting an end to:
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Translations
تَجَنُّب
vyhnutí se
undgåelse
elkerülés
hjásneiîing, òaî aî forîast
vyhýbanie
izogibanje
kaçınmasakınma
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avoidance
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
avoidance
[əˈvɔɪd/əns] n her avoidance of me has been noticed by everyone → tutti hanno notato che mi evita
his avoidance of his duty → la sua mancanza al dovere
see also tax
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
avoid
(əˈvoid) verbto keep away from (a place, person or thing). He drove carefully to avoid the holes in the road; Avoid the subject of money.
aˈvoidance nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
avoidance
n evitación f, (el) evitar
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