evitationn.
/ɛvɪˈteɪʃən/ The action of avoiding or shunning; avoidance, shirking.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > evasion or escape from threat
again-chareOE
evitation1626
evasion1657
eviting1707
evading1818
eluding1872
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition
beflying1340
eschewingc1374
voidinga1398
flight1398
refusing?a1400
avoidinga1513
eschewa1542
eviting1541
umschewing1547
shunning1549
shuffling1579
eschewal1583
avoidance1610
evitation1626
evading1646
avoidal1695
eschewance1842
elusiveness1873
avoidment1882
sidestepping1902
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §293 In all Bodies, there is an Appetite of Union, and Evitation of Solution of Continuity.
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iv. 15 Election of things convenient, and evitation of their contraries.
1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 7 In the first of these [apocryphal epistles] I found, as I expected, a total evitation of circumstances.
1885 R. W. Dixon Hist. Church Eng. III. xvii. 172 The Englishman Pole..true to his destiny of evitation, had declined the toils and honours of the Papacy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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