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avoidance

[ uh-void-ns ]

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noun

the act of avoiding or keeping away from:
the avoidance of scandal; the avoidance of one's neighbors.
Law. a making void; annulment.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of avoidance¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French; avoid, -ance

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He was also a director of many of the companies involved in the AML tax avoidance case.

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Wright explains that all of this can spike anxiety and potentially lead to avoidance, shutting down or even trigger your fight, flight or freeze response.

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But my avoidance of the topic is the product of a selective process of its own, dating back to when I taught microbial evolution in early 2020, the semester when society froze.

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One of the symptoms of trauma is avoidance.

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For the avoidance of doubt, spaghetti is made from wheat and water.

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