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What is the noun for avoidance?

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avoidance
  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.
  3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
  4. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
  5. Any thing that is to be avoided
  6. The courts by which anything is carried off.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The Government has been accused of fostering a tax avoidance culture after it emerged that millions have been lost on a tax loophole.”
      “A life focused too keenly on the avoidance of guilty pleasures may turn out to be severe and joyless.”
      “It must ensure that there are sufficient measures to ensure the avoidance of conflicts of interest.”
avoider
  1. One who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
  2. One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The polluter might well be the highest cost avoider and thus the least appropriate party to bear the costs.”
      “And then there's the conflict avoider marriages, where it's just too punishing for them to disagree on anything so they just tiptoe around the subjects.”
      “As a chronic crowd avoider, I was fairly inclined to that camp.”
avoidability
  1. The possibility of avoiding; the state or condition of being avoidable.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “On the other hand, the theory of the avoidability of war held by the Soviets manifests an important change in Leninism.”
      “But this apparent contrast depends upon the alleged avoidability of indoctrination, which itself is a philosophically contested issue.”
      “We strive for a reasonable avoidability of these offenses at work via mutual respect for one another restricted by a grammar of conduct.”
avoidant
  1. A person who exhibits avoidance.
avoidaunce
  1. Obsolete form of avoidance.
avoidableness
avoiding
avoidable
  1. Something that can be avoided.
avoidaunces
  1. plural of avoidaunce
avoidances
avoidables
  1. plural of avoidable
avoidings
  1. plural of avoiding
avoidants
  1. plural of avoidant
avoiders
  1. plural of avoider
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Few of us will shed tears over restrictions on commercial confidentiality that hit financial speculators and wealthy tax avoiders.”
      “All of this is very odd coming from a political party that in 1992 made presidential politics safe for Vietnam draft avoiders.”
      “The government was confident that with more stringent sanctions far more tax avoiders could be persuaded to pay, and much more money could be raised.”
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