avoidance
avoi·dance
noun
1.
deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
Origin
From Middle English avoidaunce, from avoid + -ance.
Phrases
- avoidance speech
- cost avoidance
- isoneuronal avoidance
- taboo avoidance
- tax avoidance
- zone of avoidance
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