avoid

1. a. To empty. Source: opted

2. a. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. Source: opted

3. a. To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. Source: opted

4. a. To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

6. a. To get rid of. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

8. v. i. To retire; to withdraw. Source: opted

9. v. i. To become void or vacant. Source: opted

10. v. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something Source: wordnet

11. v. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off Source: wordnet

12. v. refrain from doing something Source: wordnet

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