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Webster 1913 Edition
Avoidance
A-void′ance
,Noun.
1.
The act of annulling; annulment.
2.
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.
Wolsey, . . . on every
avoidance
of St. Peter’s chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.
3.
A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
4.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
“The avoidance of pain.” Beattie.
5.
The courts by which anything is carried off.
Avoidances
and drainings of water. Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Avoidance
AVOID'ANCE
,Noun.
1.
The act of avoiding, or shunning.2.
The act of vacating, or the state of being vacant. It is appropriately used for the state of a benefice becoming void, by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.3.
The act of annulling.4.
The course by which any thing is carried off.Definition 2024
avoidance
avoidance
English
Alternative forms
- avoidaunce (obsolete)
Noun
avoidance (usually uncountable, plural avoidances)
- The act of annulling; annulment.
- 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.
- A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
- The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- 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.
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- Any thing that is to be avoided
- The courts by which anything is carried off.
Coordinate terms
Translations
The act of annulling
A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
The act of avoiding or shunning
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