All avoidance synonyms

noun avoidance

• prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
• restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.
• flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
• forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
• departure — Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
• parry — to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
• recoil — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
• nonparticipation — absence of participation: Nonparticipation of citizens in political matters hampers efforts toward better government.
• shirking — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
• shunning — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
• passive resistance — opposition to a government or to specific governmental laws by the use of noncooperation and other nonviolent methods, as economic boycotts and protest marches.
• anticipation — Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen.
• averting — Present participle of avert.
• annulment — The annulment of a contract or marriage is an official declaration that it is invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• stopping — the act of stopping.
• abstention — Abstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal.
• refraining — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• refrainment — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.