Synonyms for avoidance
avoid·ance

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1. avoidance

   Synonyms:
   aimlessness, carelessness, heedlessness, neglect, negligence, oversight, purposelessness, thoughtlessness

   Antonyms:
   aim, aspiration, design, determination, end, end, endeavor, endeavor, goal, inclination, intent, intention, mark, object, purpose, tendency

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1. avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodgingnoun

   deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

   Synonyms:
   scheme, dodging, escape, evasion, shunning, dodge, turning away

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1. avoidancenoun

   Synonyms:
   evasion, eluding, eschewing, parrying

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1. List of paraphrases for "avoidance":

   avoid, evasion, annulment, cancellation, prevention, avoiding, circumvention, siding, escape, voiding, heroes, nullification, prevent, rescission, avoided

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How to use avoidance in a sentence?

1. G. K. Chesterton:

   Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell.

2. Kate Upton:

   The next day, I learned that I had been fired from the shoot. Someone had called my agency to say I had gotten fat. paul’s texting increased, telling me how excited Paul Marciano was to see me, that Paul Marciano wanted me to change in front of Paul Marciano so Paul Marciano could see my naked body getting into Paul Marciano clothes. Paul Marciano asked if I thought of Paul Marciano when I was posing sexy on set. All the language Paul Marciano used was extremely dominant and possessive. At one point, to avoid Paul coming to set, I told him my boyfriend was going to be there. He was absolutely furious at that. It was an emotional and non-stop battle of games, power struggles and creative avoidance tactics.

3. Natura Gracia:

   It is a bit of a backdoor they are using to focus on tax avoidance, the question will be whether the European courts will endorse what the Commission has done.

4. Joe Navarro:

   In American culture an averted gaze and eye avoidance are perceived as guilt: 'I've been naughty. I'm ashamed. I've been up to no good.' It's very powerful and you have to factor it in as part of your message.

5. Tim Pychyl:

   We procrastinate because we give in to feel good, if a task makes me frustrated or bored, avoidance lets me escape those negative emotions.