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Voidable :: Voidable (a.) Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed..

Avoidable :: Avoidable (a.) Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped..

Avoided :: Avoided (imp. & p. p.) of Avoi.

Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away..

Shirk :: Shirk (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

Trimmer :: Trimmer (n.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header..

Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..

Indispensable :: Indispensable (a.) Unavoidable; inevitable.

Avoider :: Avoider (n.) One who avoids, shuns, or escapes..

Narrowly :: Narrowly (adv.) With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped..

Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them..

Shunless :: Shunless (a.) Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable.

Fortuitous :: Fortuitous (a.) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.

Avoider :: Avoider (n.) The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away..

Elude :: Elude (v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow..

Adroit :: Adroit (a.) Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply..

Escapable :: Escapable (a.) Avoidable.

Pony :: Pony (n.) A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib.

Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start..

Tag :: Tag (v.) A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched..

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