avoiding

a-void-ing · verb

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Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of avoid; the act of keeping away from or refraining from something.

  2. 2.

    Used in continuous tenses to describe ongoing avoidance.

Related words

Antonyms: confronting, facing, seeking
See also: avoid, avoidance, avoided
Synonyms: dodging, escaping, evading, shunning

Etymology

Del old_french esvuidier