avoidance

Meanings

Plural: avoidances

Noun

• deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
• The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
• The act of annulling; annulment.
• 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.
• The act of dismissing a person.
• The act of quitting a position or benefice.
• The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.

Synonyms

dodging, shunning, turning away