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Technique of risk management. It ensures that an individual or business does not incur any liability relating to a given activity by avoiding the activity in question. For example, a business that does not own computer equipment cannot incur financial loss due to the destruction of the computer by fire. However, in the real world, the risk control technique of avoidance is rarely practical. A more realistic approach is self-insurance or commercial insurance.

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noun

1. The act, an instance, or a means of avoiding: bypass, circumvention, escape, evasion. See seek/avoid.
2. An often formal act of putting an end to: abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, defeasance, invalidation, negation, nullification, voidance. Law extinguishment. See continue/stop/pause.

n

Definition: eluding
Antonyms: confronting, embrace, facing

n

Definition: eluding; preventing
Antonyms: meeting

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An escape from the consequences of a specific course of action through the use of legally acceptable means. Cancellation; the act of rendering something useless or legally ineffective.

A taxpayer may take all legally recognized deductions in order to minimize the income tax liability. This conduct is called tax avoidance and is legal. If, however, a taxpayer claims deductions to which he or she is not entitled so that the individual pays less income tax than is actually owed, then the taxpayer has committed tax evasion, a crime punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both.

A plea in confession and avoidance is one that admits the truth of allegations made in former pleading but presents new information that neutralizes or avoids the legal ramifications of those admitted facts.

(DOD) Individual and/or unit measures taken to avoid or minimize nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) attacks and reduce the effects of NBC hazards.

IN BRIEF: Measures taken to keep away from something or someone unpleasant.

Avoidance only postpones unpleasantness.

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A conscious or unconscious defensive reaction intended to escape anxiety, conflict, danger, fear or pain.

For a list of words related to avoidance, see:

• Mental States, Processes, and Behavior - avoidance: behavior characterized by evasion and/or withdrawal

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - undgåelse, undvigelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
het vermijden/ontwijken (van iemand), annulering, het zich terugtrekken

Français (French)
n. - soin à éviter, manquements (aux devoirs), évasion

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vermeidung, Umgehung, Annullierung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποφυγή, (νομ.) ακύρωση

Italiano (Italian)
elusione, fuga, annullamento, evasione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fuga (f), escape (m)

Русский (Russian)
избегание, аннулирование, уклонение

Español (Spanish)
n. - cancelación, anulación, rehuida

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - undvikande, upphävande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
逃避, 躲避, 回避, 无效

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 逃避, 躲避, 回避, 無效

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 회피, 결원, 취소

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 避けること, 回避

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تفادي, اجتناب, الغا, ابطال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הימנעות, התחמקות‬

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