avoiding

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avoiding

  • /əˈvɔɪdɪŋ/

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of avoid Have you been avoiding me? (as progressive form of avoid)

noun avoidings

  1. Avoidance. Two classes of people she had chosen to avoid, having been driven to such avoidings by her aunt's preferences; marquises and such-like, whether wicked or otherwise, she had eschewed, and had eschewed likewise all Low Church tendencies.

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Closest in meaning: keep off, keep from, avert, stave off, debar, obviate, nullify, annul, ward off, invalidate, head off, quash, deflect, fend off, void, abstain from

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@misc{avoiding_2026,
  title = {avoiding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/avoiding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}