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Noun: avoidance  u'voy-d(u)n(t)s
  1. Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
    "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"
    - turning away, shunning, dodging

Derived forms: avoidances

See also: avoid

Type of: rejection

Encyclopedia: Avoidance

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Avogadro
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Avogadro's law
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Avon
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