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v. To stay clear of; shun. See Synonyms at escape.

v. To keep from happening: avoid illness with rest and a balanced diet.

v. Law To annul or make void; invalidate.

v. Obsolete To void or expel.

v. 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.

v. To make empty; to clear.

v. To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).

v. 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.

v. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.

v. To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.

v. (obsolete) To get rid of.

v. To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.

v. (obsolete) To become void or vacant.

v. To empty.

v. To emit or throw out; to void.

v. To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.

v. To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.

v. To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from.

v. To get rid of.

v. 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.

verb-intransitive. To retire; to withdraw.

verb-intransitive. To become void or vacant.

To make void; annul; make of no effect: chiefly used in legal phraseology: as, this grant cannot be avoided without injustice to the grantee.

To empty.

To eject; throw out; drive out.

To quit; evacuate; depart from.

To shun; keep away from; eschew: as, to avoid expense, danger, or bad company.

To get rid of; get out or clear of.

Synonyms To escape, elude, evade, keep clear of.

To become void, vacant, or empty.

To retire; withdraw.

v. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

v. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

v. refrain from certain foods or beverages

v. declare invalid

v. refrain from doing something

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