avoidance

Definition

The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.

Etymology

From Middle English avoidaunce, from avoid + -ance.

Example Sentences

• "At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum."
• "In the Upper Gallery too I wish that there may be, if the Place will yield it, some Fountains running in divers Places from the Wall, with some fine Avoidances."