avoid·ance /əˈvɔɪdṇ(t)s/
  避免,避開,逃避
  avoid·ance /əˈvɔɪdṇ(t)s/ 名詞
  迴避,避免
  avoidance
  避免
  A·void·ance n.
  1. The act of annulling; annulment.
  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.
     Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him.   --Fuller.
  3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
  4. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. “The avoidance of pain.”
  5. The courts by which anything is carried off.
     Avoidances and drainings of water.   --Bacon.
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  avoidance
       n : deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from
           happening [syn: turning away, shunning, dodging]