Definition of "avoid"
verb:
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To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
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To make empty; to clear.
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To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
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To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
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To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
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To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
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(obsolete) To get rid of.
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To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
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(obsolete) To become void or vacant.
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