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eviˈtation|ɛvɪˈteɪʃən|
[a. L. ēvītātiōn-em, n. of action f. ēvītāre: see evite v.]
The action of avoiding or shunning; avoidance, shirking.
1626Bacon Sylva §293 In all Bodies, there is an Appetite of Union, and Evitation of Solution of Continuity. 1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 479/2 Election of things convenient, and Evitation of their Contraries. 1790Paley Horæ Paul. i. 7 In the first of these [apocryphal epistles] I found, as I expected, a total evitation of circumstances. 1885R. W. Dixon Hist. Ch. Eng. xvii. III. 172 The Englishman Pole..true to his destiny of evitation, had declined the toils and honours of the Papacy. |