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avoidance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dodging, shunning, turning away |
| Type of | rejection |
| Has types | aversion, averting, escape, near thing |
| Derivation | avoid |
Examples of avoidance
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For my part the decision not to get divorced is certainly an avoidance strategy.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Even writing about not writing was, in effect, an exercise in writing-avoidance.
From the latimes.com
Firms in Norfolk feel strongly Tax avoidance needs addressing by the Chancellor.
From the edp24.co.uk
Massive corruption and tax avoidance led the IMF to suspend lending last summer.
From the economist.com
Competition is good but it's not fair if one cafe is able to plan tax avoidance.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
The consequences of avoidance are far worse than the conseqences of disagreeing.
From the washingtonpost.com
But avoidance of one form of risk may expose you-perhaps unwittingly-to another.
From the forbes.com
Its loopholes encourage people to waste time and money on tax-avoidance schemes.
From the economist.com
He also announced a raft of measures to clamp down on tax avoidance and evasion.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
- Avoidance is a controversial method of dealing with conflict which attempts to avoid directly confronting the issue at hand. Methods of doing this can include changing the subject, putting off a discussion until later, or simply not bringing up the subject of contention. ...
- Avoidance is a 2002 novel by Michael Lowenthal. It was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in 2003.
- The right of an underwriter, in the event of a breach of good faith or delay in commencement of an insured voyage to step aside from the insurance contract and to treat it as though they had never accepted the risk.
- The Bankruptcy Code permits the debtor to eliminate (avoid) some kinds of liens that interfere with (or impair) an exemption claimed in the bankruptcy. ...
- The first step in the waste hierarchy and indicates practices whereby waste generation is circumvented and eliminated (avoided)
- Avoiding a problem by walking away, ignoring what is happening, refusing to participate in a conflict situation.
- Principle of plant disease control marked by deliberate actions to take advantage of environmental factors and time unfavorable for disease development. (20)
- Ducking or moving laterally to prevent a hit.
