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Evitate :: Evitate (v. t.) To shun; to avoid.

Cession :: Cession (n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.

Necessity :: Necessity (n.) That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality..

Tropist :: Tropist (n.) One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech..

Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them..

Cautionary :: Cautionary (a.) Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals..

Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away..

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..

Beware :: Beware (v. t.) To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for.

Flee :: Flee (v. i.) To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive..

Charitable :: Charitable (a.) Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment..

Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The act of annulling; annulment.

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..

Escape :: Escape (n.) The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape..

Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..

Shirk :: Shirk (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start..

Evasion :: Evasion (n.) The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding..

Trimmer :: Trimmer (n.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header..

Save :: Save (v. i.) To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.

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