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avoidsverbpresent tense third-person singular of avoid to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickerytrying to avoid writing thank-you notes for the gifts he didn't like dodges, ducks, eludes, escapes, eschews, evades, finesses, gets around, scapes, shakes, shirks, shuffles (out of), shuns, weasels (out of) missesaverts, deflects, diverts, obviates, parries, prevents, wards (off)bans, bars, debars, eliminates, excepts, excludes, precludes, rules outbypasses, circumvents, skirtsfoils, foxes, frustrates, outfoxes, outsmarts, outwits, overreaches, thwarts fights shy of, keeps clear of, stays clear of, steers clear of accepts, courts, embraces, pursues, seeks, welcomescatches, contracts, incurs to put an end to by formal actionasked the court to avoid the contract because it was signed under duress abates, abolishes, abrogates, annuls, cancels, disannuls, dissolves, invalidates, negates, nullifies, nulls, quashes, repeals, rescinds, rolls back, strikes down, vacates, voids countermands, overrides, overrules, overturns, vetoesaborts, calls, calls off, drops, recalls, retracts, reverses, revokes, suspends, withdrawsbans, enjoins, forbids, outlaws, prohibitsdisallows, dismisses, rejectsannihilates, breaks down, eliminates, eradicates, erases, liquidates, removes, throws out, writes off does away with, sets aside enacts, lays down, legislatesestablishes, founds, institutesformalizes, legalizes, legitimates, legitimizes, validatespasses, ratifiesallows, approves, authorizes, clears, endorses(also indorses), permits, sanctions, warrantscommands, decrees, mandates, orders, prescribes |