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

avoidance

noun
 
/əˈvɔɪdəns/
 
/əˈvɔɪdəns/
[uncountable]
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  1. 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 DictionaryAvoidance is used before these nouns:
    • mechanism
    • tactic
    Avoidance is used after these nouns:
    • conflict
    • risk
    • …
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See avoidance in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee avoidance in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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