Avoid

[v] stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
[v] refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
[v] prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
[v] refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"
[v] declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "avoid a plea"

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Synonyms

annul, avert, debar, deflect, fend off, head off, invalidate, keep off, nullify, obviate, quash, stave off, void, ward off

Antonyms

confront, face, face up, formalise, formalize, validate

Related Terms

abstain, abstain from, avert, be stuck-up, bilk, blench, blink, circumvent, cringe, debar, deflect, divert, do without, dodge, double, draw back, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, exclude, fade, fall back, fight shy of, flinch, forbear, forbid, forgo, g