avoidance

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• /əˈvɔɪdəns/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 V OY1 D AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English avoidaunce, from avoid + -ance.

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَجَنُّب (tajannub) — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Bulgarian: избягване (izbjagvane) — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Bulgarian: отбягване (otbjagvane) — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Catalan: evitació — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Danish: undgåelse — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Dutch: vermijden — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Esperanto: evito — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Finnish: välttäminen — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Finnish: karttaminen — The act of avoiding or shunning
• French: évitement — The act of avoiding or shunning
• German: Vermeidung — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Greek: αποφυγή (apofygí) — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Hungarian: elkerülés — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Irish: seachaint — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Italian: elusione — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Italian: prevenzione — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Japanese: 回避 (kaihi) — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Norwegian Bokmål: unngåelse — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Portuguese: evasão — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Portuguese: evitação — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Portuguese: evitamento — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Spanish: evitación — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Swahili: ukwepaji — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Swedish: undvikande — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Welsh: osgoi — The act of avoiding or shunning
• Bulgarian: отменяне (otmenjane) — The act of annulling
• Bulgarian: анулиране (anulirane) — The act of annulling
• Greek: ακύρωση (akýrosi) — The act of annulling
• Italian: annullamento — The act of annulling
• Japanese: 取り消し (torikeshi) — The act of annulling
• Japanese: 撤回 (tekkai) — The act of annulling
• Spanish: anulación — The act of annulling
• Bulgarian: оттегляне (ottegljane) — A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
• Bulgarian: касиране (kasirane) — A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
• Greek: απομάκρυνση (apomákrynsi) — A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
• Italian: rimozione — A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
• Spanish: evasión — A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
• Spanish: abstinencia — A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.