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avoidance
avoidance
SEE DEFINITION OF
avoidance
WORDS RELATED TO
AVOIDANCE
escape
noun
breaking away; getaway
AWOL
abdication
avoidance
beat
bolt
break
breakout
bypassing
circumvention
decampment
deliverance
departure
desertion
disappearance
dodging
ducking
elopement
elusion
elusiveness
eschewal
evasion
evasiveness
extrication
fadeout
flight
freedom
hegira
lam
leave
liberation
out
outbreak
powder
release
rescue
retreat
runaround
shunning
sidestepping
slip
spring
withdrawal
escapes
noun
breaking away; getaway
AWOL
abdication
avoidance
beat
bolt
break
breakout
bypassing
circumvention
decampment
deliverance
departure
desertion
disappearance
dodging
ducking
elopement
elusion
elusiveness
eschewal
evasion
evasiveness
extrication
fadeout
flight
freedom
hegira
lam
leave
liberation
out
outbreak
powder
release
rescue
retreat
runaround
shunning
sidestepping
slip
spring
withdrawal
obviation
noun
prevention
avoidance
blockage
deterence
determent
deterrence
forestalling
forestallment
halt
hindrance
impediment
inhibitor
interception
interruption
obstacle
obstruction
preclusion
prohibition
stoppage
thwarting
ostracism
noun
banishment
avoidance
blackballing
boycott
cold-shouldering
exclusion
excommunication
exile
expulsion
isolation
rejection
shunning
phobia
noun
fear
anxiety
aversion
avoidance
awe
detestation
disgust
dislike
distaste
dread
fear
hang-up
hatred
horror
irrationality
loathing
neurosis
obsession
repulsion
resentment
revulsion
terror
thing
thing about
preclusion
noun
prevention
avoidance
blockage
deterence
determent
deterrence
forestalling
forestallment
halt
hindrance
impediment
inhibitor
interception
interruption
obstacle
obstruction
obviation
prohibition
stoppage
thwarting
prevention
noun
stop
avoidance
blockage
deterence
determent
forestalling
halt
hindrance
impediment
inhibitor
interception
interruption
obstacle
obstruction
prohibition
stoppage
thwarting
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