eschewing

the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable the basketball coach's steadfast eschewing of favoritism has won her the team's wholehearted respect Synonyms avoidance, cop-out, dodging, ducking, eluding, elusion, eschewal, escape, evasion, out, shaking, shunningRelated Words bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting; averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, preventionNear Antonyms abidance, endurance, submission, toleration