avoidance

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
2. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) The act of annulling; annulment.
3. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) 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.
4. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) The act of dismissing a person.
5. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) The act of quitting a position or benefice.
6. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.

Synonyms

evasion

dodging

shunning

turning away

elusion

escape

avoiding

prevention

shirking

taboo

elude

evading

evasiveness

abandonment

forbidden

precaution

prevarication

recall

restricted

reversal

riddance

sacred

safeguard

nonparticipation

refrain from

act of avoiding

go-by

exclusion

abhorrence

abolishment

abolition

abstention

avert

avoid

cancellation

deletion

dodge

Translations

évitement

αποφυγή

Vermeidung

تجنب

evitación

évasion

scanso

ακύρωση

معدا

محيص

معدى

محيد

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈvɔɪdəns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: avoidaunce

In summary

From Middle English avoidaunce, from avoid + -ance.

Sentences

Explicit congestion notification is proposed as the congestion avoidance policy .