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noun

Avoidance n.

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. "Wolsey,... on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him."

A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.

The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. "The avoidance of pain."

The courts by which anything is carried off. "Avoidances and drainings of water."

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Etymology of 'Avoidance'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Avoidance" Quotes from Famous Books

... the demand for houses exceeds the supply, landlords are able to pick and choose. The lack also of suitable cottages on farms for married couples with children probably has a considerable influence on the limitation or avoidance of families and leads to a premium being placed on childlessness because married couples without "encumbrances" can more easily obtain employment. This is an aspect of the problem that should ...

— Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Various Aspects of the Problem of Abortion in New Zealand • David G. McMillan

... suffering. It is a code whose modes [15] trifle with joy, and lead to immediate or ultimate death. It fosters suspicion where confidence is due, fear where courage is requisite, reliance where there should be avoidance, a belief in safety where there is most danger. Our Master called it "a murderer from ...

— Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 • Mary Baker Eddy

... slid back to an incident which had occurred during their early days together. She had been very much alarmed by the appearance of a huge mastiff who was permitted the run of the house, and her uncle, noticing her shrinking avoidance of the rather formidable looking beast, had composedly bidden her take him to the stables and chain him up. For an instant the child had hesitated. Then, something in the man's quiet confidence that she would obey ...

— The Hermit of Far End • Margaret Pedler

... The Digambara sect, at least in southern India, do not seem to be all quite so punctiliously careful in this as the ['S]vetambara of western India.—Ed.] It demands finally strict watch over the heart and tongue, and the avoidance of all thoughts and words which might lead to dispute and quarrel and thereby to harm. In like manner the rule of sacrifice means not only that the ascetic has no house or possessions, it teaches also that a complete unconcern toward agreeable and disagreeable impressions is necessary, ...

— On the Indian Sect of the Jainas • Johann George Buehler

... themselves, they did some unwise and unjust things,—and there had been something of unwisdom and injustice in the time of Federal supervision—but on the whole it was the re-establishment of the normal order. The policy which naturally followed on the part of the general government was the avoidance of special legislation, especially of ...

— The Negro and the Nation - A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement • George S. Merriam

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