Definition of avoid

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Avoid (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters..

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Undo :: Undo (v. t.) To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence..
Narrowly :: Narrowly (adv.) With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped..
Fear :: Fear (n.) To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
Blanch :: Blanch (v. t.) To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed..
Necessarily :: Necessarily (adv.) In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To empty.
Protestation :: Protestation (n.) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial..
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..
Avoidable :: Avoidable (a.) Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
Save :: Save (v. i.) To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Avoided :: Avoided (imp. & p. p.) of Avoi.
Cession :: Cession (n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
Example :: Example (n.) That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
Beware :: Beware (v. i.) To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.
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..
Devitable :: Devitable (a.) Avoidable.
Wink :: Wink (v. i.) To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at..
Forbear :: Forbear (v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety..
Eschew :: Eschew (a.) To escape from; to avoid.
Invisible :: Invisible (n.) A Rosicrucian; -- so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
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