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Unavoidable :: Unavoidable (a.) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.

Example :: Example (n.) That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.

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

Necessary :: Necessary (a.) Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.

Compensation :: Compensation (n.) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.

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

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

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..

Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..

Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) 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..

Saving :: Saving (a.) Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook..

Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..

Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.

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

Eschew :: Eschew (a.) To escape from; to avoid.

Litotes :: Litotes (n.) A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, a citizen of no mean city, that is, of an illustrious city..

Escape :: Escape (v.) To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention..

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

Unavoided :: Unavoided (a.) Not avoided or shunned.

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