Associations to the word «Avoidance»

Wiktionary

AVOIDANCE, noun. The act of annulling; annulment.
AVOIDANCE, noun. 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.
AVOIDANCE, noun. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
AVOIDANCE, noun. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
AVOIDANCE, noun. Any thing that is to be avoided
AVOIDANCE, noun. The courts by which anything is carried off.

Dictionary definition

AVOIDANCE, noun. Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening.

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