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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Beware :: Beware (v. t.) To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for.
Abscond :: Abscond (v. i.) To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor..
Blanch :: Blanch (v. t.) To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed..
Avoid :: Avoid (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.
Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away..
Inevitable :: Inevitable (a.) Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.
Labor :: Labor (n.) Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work..
Imperative :: Imperative (a.) Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order..
Avoiding :: Avoiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avoi.
Unavoidable :: Unavoidable (a.) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.
Avoidless :: Avoidless (a.) Unavoidable; inevitable.
Unavoidable :: Unavoidable (a.) Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles..
Near :: Near (adv.) So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape..
Evitation :: Evitation (n.) A shunning; avoidance.
Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The courts by which anything is carried off.
Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent..
Avoidable :: Avoidable (a.) Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped..
Necessity :: Necessity (n.) The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness..
Blink :: Blink (v. t.) To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question..
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..
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