English-Thai Dictionary
avoidance
N การเลี่ยง การหลีก การ หลีกเลี่ยง การ หลบหลีก escape abstention evasion kan-liang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
AVOIDANCE
n. 1. The act of avoiding, or shunning.
2. The act of vacating, or the state of being vacant. It is appropriately used for the state of a benefice becoming void, by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
3. The act of annulling.
4. The course by which any thing is carried off.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
AVOIDANCE
AVOIDANCE A *void "ance, n.
1. The act of annulling; annulment.
2. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. Wolsey,... on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.
3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
4. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. "The avoidance of pain. " Beattie.
5. The courts by which anything is carried off. Avoidances and drainings of water. Bacon.
New American Oxford Dictionary
avoidance relationship
a void ance re la tion ship ▶noun a familial relationship that is forbidden according to rules operating in some traditional societies. In Australian Aboriginal society, for example, mothers-in-law and sons-in-law may not meet face to face or speak directly with one another.
Oxford Dictionary
avoidance relationship
avoid |ance re ¦la ¦tion |ship ▶noun a familial relationship that is forbidden according to rules operating in some traditional societies. In Australian Aboriginal society, for example, mothers-in-law and sons-in-law may not meet face to face or speak directly with one another.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
avoidance
a void ance /əvɔ́ɪd (ə )ns /名詞 U 1 回避 (すること ), 忌避 .2 〘法 〙(契約や判決などの )無効, 取り消し ▸ tax avoidance 節税, 合法的な税金逃れ
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