Search references for AVOID. Phrases containing AVOID
See searches and references containing AVOID!AVOID
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up avoid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Avoid may refer to: Avoid note, in jazz "Avoid", a song by Lil Peep, featuring Wicca Phase Springs Eternal
Avoid
Scale degree that is musically unpleasant
Avoid note is an informal term used in jazz to describe pitches that are potentially problematic in a harmony. In jazz parlance, avoid note is a term that
Avoid_note
Technical mitigation for ultra-wideband
Detect and avoid (DAA) is a set of technologies designed to avoid interference between a given emitter and the wireless environment. Its need was generated
Detect_and_avoid
Quantum physics and chemistry phenomenon
In quantum physics and quantum chemistry, an avoided crossing (AC, sometimes called intended crossing, non-crossing or anticrossing) is the phenomenon
Avoided_crossing
1965 single by Herman's Hermits
"A Must to Avoid" is a song written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri and performed by Herman's Hermits. It was featured on their 1966 album, Hold On! and
A_Must_to_Avoid
Advertising character for Domino's Pizza
Supposedly, only Domino's managed to, as the commercial's tagline went, "avoid the Noid". A hostage situation occurred when, on January 30th, 1989, a mentally
The_Noid
2022 book by Kevin Rudd
The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China is a non-fiction book by Kevin Rudd, the former prime
The_Avoidable_War
American punk rock band
Avoid One Thing is a punk band that started as a side project by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' bassist Joe Gittleman. The Boston-based group's first album
Avoid_One_Thing
Approach to environmental sustainability by changing consumer behavior
Avoid-Shift-Improve (A-S-I) (German: vermeiden, verlagern, verbessern) is an approach to environmental sustainability that seeks to increase efficiency
Avoid-Shift-Improve
Island in Queensland, Australia
Avoid Island is one of the Flat Isles, within the island chain called the Northumberland Islands, around 20 km (12 mi) off the eastern coast of Queensland
Avoid_Island
2002 studio album by Avoid One Thing
Avoid One Thing is the debut album by the band of the same name. It was released in 2002. The Bouncing Souls released a cover of "Lean on Sheena" as a
Avoid_One_Thing_(album)
2009 studio album by Long Distance Calling
Avoid the Light (German: Meide das Licht) is the second studio album by the German post-rock/post-metal band Long Distance Calling. It was released on
Avoid_the_Light
1923 multilateral treaty of the Americas
The 1923 Pan American Treaty to avoid or prevent conflicts between the American States (Gondra Treaty) was signed at the Fifth International Conference
Pan-American_Treaty_(1923)
1980 studio album by Rough Trade
Avoid Freud is the second album by Canadian new wave band Rough Trade, released in 1980. It placed at least as high as #19 on the Canadian RPM Top Albums
Avoid_Freud
Principle of software development
abstractions that are less likely to change, or using data normalization which avoids redundancy in the first place. The DRY principle is stated as "Every piece
Don't_repeat_yourself
Place in South Australia
Point Avoid is a headland located at the south eastern extremity of both Coffin Bay Peninsula and Avoid Bay on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South
Point_Avoid
2021 book by Bill Gates
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need is a 2021 book by Bill Gates. In it, Gates presents what he learned
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
How_to_Avoid_a_Climate_Disaster
British television series
Snog Marry Avoid? is a British reality television series broadcast on BBC Three, produced by Remarkable Television. The first four series were presented
Snog_Marry_Avoid?
Modern calendar era
same year as "AD 2026", as are "400 BCE" and "400 BC". BCE/CE are used to avoid religious associations by not referring to Jesus as Dominus ('Lord'). Around
Common_Era
1980 film directed by Irvin Kershner
hiring Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) writer Kasdan to enhance his work. To avoid the stress he faced directing Star Wars, Lucas handed the responsibility
The_Empire_Strikes_Back
2014 film
How To Avoid Everything (Dutch: Aanmodderfakker) is a 2014 Dutch comedy film directed by Michiel ten Horn. The film won 3 Golden Calves for Best Feature
How_to_Avoid_Everything
Safety diagram in aviation
"height/velocity avoid curve". The H/V curve is a diagram indicating the combinations of height above ground and airspeed that should be avoided due to safety
Helicopter height–velocity diagram
Helicopter_height–velocity_diagram
1966 EP by Herman's Hermits
A Must to Avoid was the fourth EP by the band Herman's Hermits; it was released in the United Kingdom by EMI/Columbia (catalogue number SEG 8477.) Side
A_Must_to_Avoid_(EP)
data from these charts are included for computational purposes, and to avoid unenlightening or misleading characterizations. In 2008, for the 50th anniversary
List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones
List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_chart_achievements_and_milestones
Sequence of moves on a lattice
calculate the number of self-avoiding walks in any given lattice? More unsolved problems in mathematics In mathematics, a self-avoiding walk (SAW) is a sequence
Self-avoiding_walk
Behavior in which a person refuses regular employment
as the Dog. The term slacker is commonly used to refer to a person who avoids work (especially British English), or (primarily in North American English)
Refusal_of_work
Subpermutation of a longer permutation
permutation π does not contain a pattern σ, then π is said to avoid σ. The permutation 51342 avoids 213; it has ten subsequences of three entries, but none
Permutation_pattern
2000s. Some easter eggs are created by employees in their 20% time. Google avoids adding Easter eggs to popular search pages and eggs that would negatively
List_of_Google_Easter_eggs
British Overseas Territory on Cyprus
continue to be governed by protocols that align with certain EU laws to avoid disrupting the daily lives of residents. The Sovereign Base Areas were created
Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia
2016 novel by Hiromi Kawakami
(Japanese: 大きな鳥にさらわれないよう, romanized: Ōkina tori ni sarawarenai yō, lit. 'To Avoid Being Carried Away By Big Birds') is a 2016 speculative fiction novel set
Under_the_Eye_of_the_Big_Bird
Assisted reproductive technology procedure
gestational surrogacy, and, in combination with pre-implantation genetic testing, avoid the transmission of abnormal genetic conditions. When a fertilised egg from
In_vitro_fertilisation
American real estate developer (1905–1999)
Mary, provided over $1 billion (in 2018 dollar value) to their children, avoiding over $500 million in gift taxes. In 1992, Fred and Donald set up a subsidiary
Fred_Trump
2004 studio album by Duncan Avoid
Metaphysics is the second album by Duncan Avoid. "Awakening" – 2:03 "Auditory Arms" – 3:36 "Parallel Grounds" – 4:07 "Systemic Ressentiment" – 5:24 "Lucid
Metaphysics (Duncan Avoid album)
Metaphysics_(Duncan_Avoid_album)
1982 book by John W. Trimmer
How to Avoid Huge Ships is a 1982 book by Captain John W. Trimmer, a Master Mariner and Seattle harbor pilot. The first edition was self-published from
How_to_Avoid_Huge_Ships
Abrahamic new religious movement originating in 1930s Jamaica
religious doctrine and institutional organisation, things they wish to avoid. Rastafari outlines a fairly cohesive worldview, with Rastas often calling
Rastafari
Identification, evaluation and control of risks
using fixed percentage position sizing and risk-to-reward frameworks to avoid large drawdowns and support consistent decision-making under pressure. Two
Risk_management
Americans of Indian descent
or partly from India. The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, who are also referred
Indian_Americans
2000 soundtrack album by various artists
Step Closer" (performed by Linkin Park) Linkin Park Don Gilmore 2:37 8. "Avoid the Light" (performed by Pantera) Pantera Vinnie Paul Dimebag Darrell Sterling
Dracula_2000_(soundtrack)
self-censorship, limiting nudity (and other content) in their films to avoid censorship or a strict rating. Nudity has almost universally not been permitted
Nudity_in_film
American kidnapping victim and actress (born 1954)
speculation before trial that her family's resources would enable her to avoid time in prison. At her trial, the prosecution suggested that Hearst had
Patty_Hearst
Family of views prioritizing pleasure
morality, arguing that people have a moral duty to pursue pleasure and avoid pain. Utilitarian versions assert that the goal is to increase overall happiness
Hedonism
American fugitive (born 1995)
Dumas and for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, and is suspected by authorities to have fled to Mexico in order to avoid arrest. Cardenas was the 528th
Omar_Alexander_Cardenas
Modern calendar era
scholars believe that the actual date of the birth of Jesus was about 5 BC. To avoid religious associations, many writers and scholars prefer CE (Common Era)
Anno_Domini
General dislike of humanity
emotion and leads the misanthrope to seek a secluded place in order to avoid the corrupting contact with civilization and humanity as much as possible
Misanthropy
Association football club in England
Division, Bremner was dismissed to make way for Howard Wilkinson. Leeds avoided relegation that season, and in March 1989 signed Gordon Strachan from Manchester
Leeds_United_F.C.
Swimming underwater, breathing gas carried by the diver
covert military divers to avoid detection, scientific divers to avoid disturbing marine animals, and media divers to avoid bubble interference. Scuba
Scuba_diving
Belgian electronic musician
Analysis EP, for which Duncan Avoid imparted a Cybernetics-esque remix of d.compose's "Thresn 54-231001". Duncan Avoid was also performing throughout
Jan_Robbe
1812–1815 conflict in North America
Federalist Party against. News of British concessions made in an attempt to avoid war did not reach the US until late July, by which time the conflict was
War_of_1812
Atari 2600 video game released in 1982
Tax Avoiders is a single-player video game for the Atari 2600 released in 1982. It was conceived by Darrell Wagner at Dunhill Electronics; he was billed
Tax_Avoiders
Comparison of costs of different electricity generation sources
discounted avoided costs divided by the total discounted lifetime output. The EIA hypothesized that fluctuating power sources might not avoid capital and
Cost_of_electricity_by_source
Participant-driven meeting
"unconference" has been applied to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid hierarchical aspects of a conventional conference, such as sponsored presentations
Unconference
Book by Lemony Snicket
Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid is a 2007 book written by Lemony Snicket. It is a "wit and wisdom" quotation book partly drawn from Snicket's
Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
Horseradish:_Bitter_Truths_You_Can't_Avoid
American new religious movement
element of healing". The church does not require that Christian Scientists avoid medical or surgical care—many adherents use dentists, optometrists, obstetricians
Christian_Science
The avoidable consequences rule is a concept in United States jurisprudence which comes from a common-law rule barring recovery of damages that a tort
Avoidable_consequences_rule
2003 studio album by Rain
(Korean: 태양을 피하는 방법; RR: Taeyang-eul pihaneun bangbeob), alternately titled How to Avoid the Sun, is the second Korean-language studio album by South Korean recording
Rain_2
Faking illness for personal gain
two cases: one patient simulated colic to avoid a public meeting, and another feigned an injured knee to avoid accompanying his master on a long journey
Malingering
Book by Steve Levicoff
Steve. Name it & Frame It?: New Opportunities in Adult Education and how to Avoid Being Ripped Off by" Christian" Degree Mills. Institute on Religion and
Name_It_and_Frame_It?
American traditional folk song popularized in 1964
New Orleans. Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964
The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun
Absence of legal effect
be voidable if there are grounds upon which a party to the contract may avoid or disaffirm their duties of performance, but does not become void until
Void_(law)
Species of bear
only the identity of another panda, but if they should avoid them or not. Pandas tend to avoid their species for most of the year, breeding season being
Giant_panda
United States federal law
United States federal law that criminalizes interstate flight in order to avoid prosecution or giving testimony in state felony proceedings, a crime termed
Fugitive_Felon_Act
Congenital deformity of the chest
with the condition may experience severe negative psychosocial effects and avoid activities that expose the chest. Pectus excavatum is from Latin meaning
Pectus_excavatum
Order of execution of transactions in transaction processing
unrecoverable. Cascadeless schedules (a.k.a. "Avoiding Cascading Aborts (ACA) schedules") are schedules which avoid cascading aborts by disallowing dirty reads
Database_transaction_schedule
Non-usage of animal products
made between several categories of veganism. "Ethical veganism" means avoiding using animals, animal products, and animal-tested products for any purpose
Veganism
Linux distribution based on Debian
distribution that aims to maintain compatibility with other init systems and avoid lock-in by systemd. Devuan offers sysvinit, runit or OpenRC as alternatives
Devuan
Zoroastrian excarnation structure
exposure of human corpses to the elements for decomposition), in order to avoid contamination of the soil and other natural elements by the dead bodies
Tower_of_Silence
Sequence of characters that forms a search pattern
sed and Perl, alternative delimiters can be used to avoid collision with contents, and to avoid having to escape occurrences of the delimiter character
Regular_expression
Programming language
typing, and CSP-style concurrency. It is often referred to as Golang to avoid ambiguity and because of its former domain name, golang.org, however, its
Go_(programming_language)
Highest general rank in the Schutzstaffel
"highest group leader". The rank was correctly spelled Oberst-Gruppenführer to avoid confusion with the more junior rank of Obergruppenführer. Oberst-Gruppenführer
SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer
2007–2009 international economic decline
only large[clarification needed] OECD country to avoid recession for the whole of 2009. Australia avoided a technical recession after experiencing only one
Great_Recession
Process that helps an equipment operator avoid mistakes
[poka joke]) is any mechanism in a process that helps an equipment operator avoid mistakes and defects by preventing, correcting, or drawing attention to
Poka-yoke
Family of rodents
central Asia. Most species of jerboas have excellent hearing that they use to avoid becoming the prey of nocturnal predators. The typical lifespan of a jerboa
Jerboa
Mental thought-suppression game
The Game is a mind game in which the objective is to avoid thinking about The Game itself. Thinking about The Game constitutes a loss, which must be announced
The_Game_(mind_game)
Method to avoid network resource contention
telecommunication, collision-avoidance methods try to avoid resource contention by attempting to avoid simultaneous attempts to access the same resource.
Collision avoidance (networking)
Collision_avoidance_(networking)
Combat sport and martial art
chest to avoid punches to the jaw which commonly cause knock-outs and is often kept slightly off-center. Wrists are slightly bent to avoid damage when
Boxing
Many-legged arthropods with elongated bodies
insects and arachnids, causing them to rapidly lose water. Accordingly, they avoid direct sunlight by staying under cover or by being active at night. Centipedes
Centipede
Avoided burden (also known as the 0:100 method or end-of-life method) is an allocation approach used in life-cycle assessment (LCA) to assess the environmental
Avoided_burden
Financial optimization technique
decrease the amount of what would otherwise be his taxes or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted". Tax evasion, on
Tax_avoidance
term "unidentified anomalous phenomena" (UAP). "UAP" is sometimes used to avoid cultural associations with UFO conspiracy theories. Although often viewed
List of reported UFO sightings
List_of_reported_UFO_sightings
Model of conflict for two players in game theory
ideal outcome is for one player to yield (to avoid the worst outcome if neither yields), individuals try to avoid it out of pride, not wanting to look like
Chicken_(game)
Anxiety disorder
may result in a panic attack. Those affected will go to great lengths to avoid these situations. In severe cases, people may become completely unable to
Agoraphobia
They work as groundskeepers at a park, and spend their days trying to avoid work and entertain themselves by any means. This is much to the chagrin
List of Regular Show characters
List_of_Regular_Show_characters
Cricket stadium
international cricket matches. The stadium has two-tiers and was designed to avoid any restricted views, eliminating pillars or columns which come in the field
ACA–VDCA_Cricket_Stadium
Hindu festival in the lunar month of Magha
to avoid below things- Avoid lying and remain in silence as much as possible during the day. Avoid arguments, quarrels or personal grudges. Avoid visiting
Mauni_Amavasya
Manual stimulation of a penis by a sex partner
a handjob so as not to engage in penetrative sexual activity. Besides avoiding the risks associated with sexual penetration, such as sexually transmitted
Handjob
Execution method in which the victim is forced or incentivised to kill themselves
method of execution where the victim is coerced into committing suicide to avoid facing an alternative option which they perceive as much worse, such as
Forced_suicide
Global Initiative
Seeing is Believing (SiB) is a global initiative to tackle avoidable blindness. SiB is a partnership between Standard Chartered Bank PLC and the International
Seeing Is Believing (organization)
Seeing_Is_Believing_(organization)
Problem in computer programming
compiler construction approach, one may take different corrective actions to avoid ambiguity: If the parser is produced by an SLR, LR(1), or LALR LR parser
Dangling_else
Stance of limited participation in the food system and broader economy in protest
"free" and "vegan". While vegans avoid buying, consuming, using, and wearing animal products, freegans—at least in theory—avoid buying anything as an act of
Freeganism
Political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli
by someone, so he should seek to avoid being hated by the people generally, and if that does not work, he should avoid the hatred of "the most powerful"
The_Prince
Data-interchange format
duplicate names is unpredictable. For interoperability, applications should avoid duplicate names when transmitting JSON objects. The specifications specifically
JSON
2005 conference on its consequences
In 2005, an international conference titled Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change: A Scientific Symposium on Stabilisation of Greenhouse Gases examined the
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (2005 conference)
Avoiding_Dangerous_Climate_Change_(2005_conference)
Consensual sexual binding or restraining
Avoiding positions or restraints which may induce postural asphyxia. Making sure that the subject changes positions at least once an hour (to avoid circulation
Bondage_(BDSM)
Fourth series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder
and followed their various doomed attempts to escape from the trenches to avoid death under the misguided command of General Melchett. The series references
Blackadder_Goes_Forth
Attempt made by investors to avoid negative financial information
heads in the sand to avoid danger. This effect is a cognitive bias where people tend to "bury their head in the sand" by avoiding learning of potentially
Ostrich_effect
Withdrawal method of birth-control
ejaculation so that the ejaculate (semen) may be directed away in an effort to avoid insemination. This method was used by an estimated 38 million couples worldwide
Coitus_interruptus
1968 studio album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
parent record company EMI, which refused to distribute it. In an attempt to avoid controversy, the LP record was sold in a brown paper bag, and distributed
Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
Unfinished_Music_No._1:_Two_Virgins
Indian politician (born 1959)
regional political party, Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) to avoid legal complications under the anti-defection law. Kakoli Ghosh was born
Kakoli_Ghosh_Dastidar
Protected area in South Australia
The Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia occupying three islands located west-southwest
Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park
Avoid_Bay_Islands_Conservation_Park
1997 film by Gus Van Sant
whose talent is discovered by professor Gerald Lambeau (Skarsgård). To avoid jail, Will agrees to study under Lambeau while attending therapy with psychologist
Good_Will_Hunting
AVOID
AVOID
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French
Unbranded; An Independent Man who Avoids Conformity; Unbranded Range Animal
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Stopper; The One who Says to Avoid
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a pouch maker (see Poucher).Polish : possibly a nickname for a shirker, from a derivative of pouchylać się ‘to avoid one’s duties’, ‘shirk’.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Unbranded; When a Nineteenth Century American Named Maverick Refused to Brand his Calves as Other Ranchers Did, his Name Came to Signify an Independent Man who Avoids Conformity
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Norman personal name, Leodegar, Old French Legier, of Germanic origin, composed of the elements liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ + gÄr, gÄ“r ‘spear’. The name was borne by a 7th-century bishop of Autun, whose fame contributed to the popularity of the name in France. (In Germany the name was connected with a different saint, an 8th-century bishop of Münster.)English : variant of Letcher, in part a deliberate alteration to avoid the association with Middle English lecheor ‘lecher’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Coward, perhaps a deliberate respelling by a bearer anxious to avoid association with the unrelated modern English word coward.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Islamic, Muslim, Urdu
Avoider; Stopper
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named from Old English scypen, scipen ‘cattleshed’, such as Shippen in West Yorkshire and Shippon in Berkshire, or a topographic name derived directly from the vocabulary word. In some cases it may originally have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name for a cowman, who in medieval times would often have lived in the same building as his animals.Born in Methley, Yorkshire, England, in 1639, Edward Shippen emigrated to Boston, MA, in 1668. He joined the Society of Friends and moved his family and business to Philadelphia in about 1694 to avoid religious persecution, eventually becoming mayor of Philadelphia, where his sons and grandsons continued to be prominent.
AVOID
AVOID
Female
Greek
(ΘÎτις) Greek name THETIS means "one who places." In mythology, this is the name of a sea goddess, one of the fifty Nereids.
Girl/Female
Biblical
A song of trouble or comfort.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : see Vineyard.
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Assamese, French, Indian, Kannada, Muslim, Sindhi
Lily of the Valley; Lily
Female
English
English name not found before the 16th century, probably originally a Puritan virtue name, derived from the Greek word aletheia, ALETHEA means "truth."
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Markos, MÃRKUS means "defense" or "of the sea."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Praised, Drawn, Described, Narrated
Boy/Male
Irish
Derived from fear “â€manâ€â€ and gus “â€strengthâ€â€ and signifies “â€a strong warrior, virile.â€â€ According to the legend of the Cattle Raid of Cooley (read the legend) Fergus was the king of Ulster and his lover, the cunning Nessa, duped him into letting her son Conchobhar rule in his place for a year so that in years to come her son could be called “â€the son of a king.â€â€ Fergus consented but after the year Conchobhar refused to relinquish the throne and so Fergus joined Maebh in her battle against Ulster, his native province.
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Feminine of Louis
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of northern English Aculf, from an Old Norse personal name Agúlfr ‘terror wolf’.Probably also of German origin : an Americanized form of Eckhoff or Eickhoff.The name first appears in North America in VA and PA in the early 1700s and later became concentrated in the Appalachian regions of NC and TN. The earliest records of Acuff occur with the personal names Timothy and David, indicating (in PA at least) Episcopal Church membership, thereby implying English origin, although no records of the name have been found in England.
AVOID
AVOID
AVOID
AVOID
AVOID
n.
A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
a.
Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.
imp. & p. p.
of Avoid
v. i.
To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.
a.
To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
n.
One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
n.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
a.
To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
n.
Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.
v. i.
To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
a.
Not avoided or shunned.
a.
To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
n.
A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header.
a.
Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
a.
Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Avoid
a.
Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary.
n.
One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.
a.
Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits.
a.
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.