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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1. Matthew Gardner:

   This is tax avoidance, not tax evasion. There's no indication of any wrongdoing, except on the part of Congress.

2. Zhang Rongqiao:

   In 2016, China officially began the Mars exploration mission work, and currently all of the different development work is progressing smoothly, the hovering-and-obstacle avoidance test for the Mars lander being carried out today makes up a crucial part of the development process. As scheduled, China's first Mars exploration mission will take place in 2020.

3. Vanna Bonta:

   The primary dues a writer or any artist pays is to remain sentient, and to forfeit the illusionary luxury of such anesthetics as avoidance, numbness, and denials.

4. Cynthia Messersmith:

   This is a case of lies, deception and fraud, this is not about tax avoidance but rather tax evasion.

5. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew:

   While we intend to take additional action in the coming months, there is only so much the Treasury Department can do to prevent these tax-avoidance transactions. Only legislation can decisively stop inversions.