avoid

avoid
avoidable, adj.avoidably, adv.avoider, n.
/euh voyd"/, v.t.
1. to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person; to avoid taxes; to avoid danger.
2. to prevent from happening: to avoid falling.
3. Law. to make void or of no effect; invalidate.
4. Obs. to empty; eject or expel.
[1250-30; ME avoiden < AF avoider, equiv. to a- A-4 + voider to VOID]
Syn. 1. elude. AVOID, ESCAPE mean to come through a potentially harmful or unpleasant experience, without suffering serious consequences. To AVOID is to succeed in keeping away from something dangerous or undesirable: to avoid meeting an enemy. ESCAPE suggests encountering peril but coming through it safely: to escape drowning.
Ant. 1. confront, face, encounter.

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