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Definition of avoidance noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

avoidance

noun

/əˈvɔɪdəns/

/əˈvɔɪdəns/

[uncountable]

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avoidance (of something) not doing something; preventing something from existing or happening
- A person's health improves with the avoidance of stress.
see also tax avoidance
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Avoidance is used before these nouns:
mechanism
tactic
Avoidance is used after these nouns:
conflict
risk
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