Thesaurus: avoid

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1. a. To empty.
2. a. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
3. a. To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
4. a. To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
5. a. To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
6. a. To get rid of.
7. a. To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
8. v. i. To retire; to withdraw.
9. v. i. To become void or vacant.
10. v. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
11. v. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
12. v. refrain from doing something