Definition of avoid

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Avoid (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..

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Near :: Near (adv.) So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape..
Inevitably :: Inevitably (adv.) Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly.
Avoider :: Avoider (n.) One who avoids, shuns, or escapes..
Shirk :: Shirk (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
Bantingism :: Bantingism (n.) A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London..
Evitate :: Evitate (v. t.) To shun; to avoid.
Unavoided :: Unavoided (a.) Unavoidable; inevitable.
Discreet :: Discreet (superl.) Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious..
Stoic :: Stoic (n.) A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed..
Stultiloquence :: Stultify (v. t.) To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided..
Composition :: Composition (n.) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment..
Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..
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..
Flee :: Flee (v. i.) To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive..
Help :: Help (v. t.) To forbear; to avoid.
Necessarily :: Necessarily (adv.) In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument..
Cautionary :: Cautionary (a.) Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals..
Tag :: Tag (v.) A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched..
Escape :: Escape (n.) The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape..
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