avoidance

English

Alternative forms

• avoidaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English

Noun

avoidance (usually uncountable; plural avoidances)

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.

Translations

The act of annulling

• Bulgarian: отменяне (bg) (otmenjane), анулиране (bg) (anulirane)

A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.

• Bulgarian: оттегляне (bg) (ottegljane), касиране (bg) (kasirane)

The act of avoiding or shunning

• Bulgarian: избягване (bg) (izbjagvane), отбягване (bg) (otbjagvane)
• Dutch: vermijden (nl) n
• Finnish: välttäminen (4), karttaminen (4)

• French: évitement (fr) m
• German: Vermeidung f (4)