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avoidance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of avoidance

1 the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable

her congenital avoidance of conflict makes talking about problems with her difficult

Synonyms of avoidance

cop-out, dodging, ducking, eluding, elusion, escape, eschewal, eschewing, evasion, out, shaking, shunning

Words Related to avoidance

bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting

averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, prevention

Near Antonyms of avoidance

abidance, endurance, submission, toleration

2 the doing away with something by formal action

plans to petition the court for an avoidance of the prenuptial agreement

Synonyms of avoidance

abatement, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, cancellation (also cancelation), defeasance, dissolution, invalidation, negation, nullification, quashing, repeal, rescindment, voiding

Words Related to avoidance

abortion, calling off, recall

countermand, override, overruling, overturn, veto

retraction, reversal, revocation, suspension, withdrawal

banning, enjoining, forbiddance, outlawing, prohibition

disallowance, dismissal, rejection

elimination, eradication, erasure, liquidation, removal

Near Antonyms of avoidance

enactment, legislation

establishment, founding, institution

formalization, legalization, legitimation, legitimization, validation

passing, ratification

approval, authorization, clearance, endorsement (also indorsement), permission, sanctioning

commandment, decreeing, mandating, ordering, prescription

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