Look up: avoidance

1. Avoidance
   [novel] Avoidance is a 2002 novel by Michael Lowenthal. It was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in 2003. Avoidance explores the topics of child sexual abuse, hebephilia and pederasty. It is also about social conventions and mores, and ways in which they depend on environment and upbring...
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2. avoidance
   Principle of plant disease control marked by deliberate actions to take advantage of environmental factors and time unfavorable for disease development.
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3. avoidance
   [n] - deliberately avoiding
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4. Avoidance
   ducking or moving sideways to avoid being hit
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5. Avoidance
   ducking or moving sideways to avoid being hit
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6. avoidance
   for tax avoidance,term used to describe not only illegal evasion of tax obligations but also the entirely legal ways by which a person may so arrange his affairs as to minimise,or even eliminate,tax liability Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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7. Avoidance
   A·void'ance noun 1. The act of annulling; annulment. 2. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. ...
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8. avoidance
   turning away noun deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
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9. avoidance
   (ә-void´әns) a conscious or unconscious defense mechanism consisting of refusal to encounter situations, activities, or objects that would produce conflict.
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10. Avoidance
    • (n.) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. • (n.) A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal. • (n.) The act of annulling; annulment. &...
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11. avoidance
    avoidance 1. Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening. 2. The act of keeping away from somebody or something. 3. The act of refraining from doing something or preventing something from happening. 4. In law, the act of making something void or invalid. 5. A conscious ...
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12. avoidance
    Type: Term Pronunciation: a-voyd′-ants Definitions: 1. In psychiatry, a term describing a decrease in strength of relationships or fear and withdrawal when conflict emerges. See: attachment
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13. avoidance
    The act of staying away from people, places, and thoughts that may cause anxiety, pain, or unpleasant feelings. Some types of cancer-related avoidance include refusing to accept a cancer diagnosis or get treatment, and using alcohol or other drugs to forget about having cancer.
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14. avoidance
    (sustainability) the first step in the waste hierarchy where waste generation is prevented (avoided).
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