Avoidance Meaning
/əˈvɔɪdəns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
nounThe act of annulling; annulment.
Sentence Examples
Trust is risk, and risk avoidance is the name of the game in business.
The government is cracking down on tax avoidance schemes.
CEFR Practice Quiz
His ____ of responsibility led to significant problems at work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of tax is a serious crime that can lead to large fines.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English avoidaunce, from avoid + -ance.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum."
— 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
"In the Upper Gallery too I wish that there may be, if the Place will yield it, some Fountains running in divers Places from the Wall, with some fine Avoidances."
— a. 1626, Francis Bacon, “XLV. Of Building”, in The essays, or councils, civil and moral […] with a table of the colours of good and evil, and a discourse of The wisdom of the ancients, published 1696, page 122:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His ____ of responsibility led to significant problems at work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of tax is a serious crime that can lead to large fines.