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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meeting

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absention , circumvention , delay , departure , dodge , dodging , elusion , escape , escapism , eschewal , evasion , flight , forbearance , nonparticipation , parry , passive resistance , prevention , recession , recoil , restraint , retreat , run-around , self-restraint , shirking , shunning , steering clear of , bypass , abolishment , abrogation , annihilation , annulment , cancellation , defeasance , invalidation , negation , nullification , voidance , eluding , eschewing , parrying , runaround , withdrawal