| Avoid: English to English |
| Avoid (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. |
| Avoid (a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. |
| Avoid (a.) To empty. |
| Avoid (a.) To get rid of. |
| Avoid (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. |
| Avoid (a.) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute. |
| Avoid (a.) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. |
| Avoid (v. i.) To become void or vacant. |
| Avoid (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw. |