Synonyms for avoidance
avoid·ance

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1. avoidance

   Synonyms:
   aimlessness, carelessness, heedlessness, neglect, negligence, oversight, purposelessness, thoughtlessness

   Antonyms:
   aim, aspiration, design, determination, end, end, endeavor, endeavor, goal, inclination, intent, intention, mark, object, purpose, tendency

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1. avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodgingnoun

   deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

   Synonyms:
   scheme, dodging, escape, evasion, shunning, dodge, turning away

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1. avoidancenoun

   Synonyms:
   evasion, eluding, eschewing, parrying

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1. List of paraphrases for "avoidance":

   avoid, evasion, annulment, cancellation, prevention, avoiding, circumvention, siding, escape, voiding, heroes, nullification, prevent, rescission, avoided

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1. Carina Venter:

   A dietitian can help parents with advice on food avoidance, information on suitable foods, lifestyle advice, bringing normality into their lives and provide some emotional support.

2. Vali Nasr:

   The U.S. went from having a huge Middle East policy to having a minimal Middle East policy, the pendulum has swung the opposite way toward deliberate avoidance of any kind of vision for the region.

3. Zhang Rongqiao:

   In 2016, China officially began the Mars exploration mission work, and currently all of the different development work is progressing smoothly, the hovering-and-obstacle avoidance test for the Mars lander being carried out today makes up a crucial part of the development process. As scheduled, China's first Mars exploration mission will take place in 2020.

4. Buckingham Palace:

   However, for the avoidance of doubt, any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue.

5. Michael J. Sandel:

   A politics of moral engagement is not only a more inspiring ideal than a politics of avoidance. It is also a more promising basis for a just society.