Avoidance

Avoidance
Avoidance A*void"ance, n. 1. The act of annulling; annulment. [1913 Webster]

2. 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. [1913 Webster]

Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal. [1913 Webster]

4. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. ``The avoidance of pain.'' --Beattie. [1913 Webster]

5. The courts by which anything is carried off. [1913 Webster]

Avoidances and drainings of water. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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