Avoid

Definition:

  • (a.) To empty.
  • (a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
  • (a.) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
  • (a.) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
  • (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
  • (a.) To get rid of.
  • (a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
  • (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.
  • (v. i.) To become void or vacant.

Compare avoid with other words:

avoid vs. deny

aroid vs. avoid

avoid vs. shrink

avoid vs. ovoid

avid vs. avoid

avoid vs. eliminate

avoid vs. hide

aloof vs. avoid

avoid vs. null

avoid vs. postpone

avoid vs. exclude

avoid vs. reject

avoid vs. pivot

avoid vs. waiver

avoid vs. loaf

avoid vs. avoided

abort vs. avoid

avoid vs. nonattention

avoid vs. unavoided

avoid vs. devoid

avoid vs. resist

avoid vs. shone

avoid vs. pretend

avoid vs. avoidance

avoid vs. present

avoid vs. contend

avoid vs. inhibit

avoid vs. cut

afford vs. avoid

avoid vs. ignore

avoid vs. elude

avoid vs. evitate

avoid vs. bluebeard

avoid vs. blench

avoid vs. evitable

avoid vs. economizer

avoid vs. evite

avoid vs. inevitably

avoid vs. circumvent

avoid vs. deflect

avoid vs. displacement

avoid vs. loner

avoid vs. wariness

avoid vs. taboo

avoid vs. reprove

avoid vs. forbear

avoid vs. sidetrack

avoid vs. ban

avoid vs. neglect

avoid vs. shirk

avoid vs. frugal

avoid vs. shy

avoid vs. refrain

avoid vs. beware

avoid vs. hamper

avert vs. avoid

avoid vs. blanch

avoid vs. prevent

avoid vs. dodge

avoid vs. obligation

avoid vs. funk

avoid vs. eschew

avoid vs. ineluctable

avoid vs. waive

avoid vs. cheat

avoid vs. avoider

avoid vs. depart

avoid vs. retire

avoid vs. withdraw

avoid vs. evacuate

avoid vs. leave

avoid vs. emit

avoid vs. void

avoid vs. invalidate

avoid vs. evade

avoid vs. defeat

avoid vs. contract

avoid vs. refute

annul vs. avoid

avoid vs. empty

avoid vs. clear

avoid vs. shun

abstain vs. avoid

avoid vs. endeavor

avoid vs. escape

avoid vs. inevitable

avoid vs. obviate

avoid vs. call

avoid vs. help

abjure vs. avoid