Associations to the word «Obviation»

Wiktionary

OBVIATION, noun. The act of obviating; deterrence or prevention.

Dictionary definition

OBVIATION, noun. The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King