| avoid | (verb) stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something | - |
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| (verb) refrain from certain foods or beverages | Synonyms: keep off |
| (verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, void |
| (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
| (verb) refrain from doing something | - |
| avoidable | (adjective) capable of being avoided or warded off | Synonyms: avertable, avertible, evitable |
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| avoidance | (noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | Synonyms: dodging, shunning, turning away |
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| avoirdupois | (noun) excess bodily weight | Synonyms: blubber, fat, fatness |
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| (noun) a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) | Synonyms: avoirdupois weight |