Avoiding

//əˈvɔɪdɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Avoidance.

    "Two classes of people she had chosen to avoid, having been driven to such avoidings by her aunt's preferences; marquises and such-like, whether wicked or otherwise, she had eschewed, and had eschewed likewise all Low Church tendencies."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of avoid form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "Have you been avoiding me? (as progressive form of avoid)"

Synonyms

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prevention

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"Avoiding trouble will not always assure safety."

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