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(Latin: unoccupied, vacant; related to vacuus, "empty")

avoid (verb), avoids; avoided; avoiding
1. To keep away from, to shun: "Because of her sensitive skin, Geraldine tries to avoid sitting in the sun."
2. To stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something: "Lauren's former husband now avoids her."
3. To prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening: "If at all possible, people should avoid repeating the same mistakes when investing their money in this project."
4. To refrain from doing something: "Nations should try to avoid starting so many wars with each other."
5. To refrain from certain foods or beverages: "During fasting, one should avoid eating solid food; however, liquids are recommended."
avoidable (adjective)
1. Capable of being avoided or warded off.
2. That which may be avoided, left at a distance, shunned, or escaped.
3. Anything that may be vacated or liable to be annulled.
avoidably
1. A description of the ability to shun or to keep away from doing something.
2. A reference to refraining from or to avoiding an action; such as, to avoid overeating.
avoidal
An avoiding; the process of avoiding.
avoidance
1. Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening.
2. The act of keeping away from somebody or something.
3. The act of refraining from doing something or preventing something from happening.
4. In law, the act of making something void or invalid.
5. A conscious or unconscious defense mechanism consisting of refusal to encounter situations, activities, or objects that would produce anxiety or conflict.
avoidant
Moving away from; negatively oriented.
avoided
Shunned; evaded; made void; ejected.
avoider
1. Someone who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
2. The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
avoiding
1. Staying clear of, shunning.
2. Keeping something from happening.
avoidless
1. Unavoidable; inevitable.
2. That which cannot be avoided.
avoidment
The action of avoiding; avoidance.
devoid
1. Empty, void.
2. Completely lacking; destitute or empty.
devoided
Divested; made void.
devoider
1. An expeller.
2. Someone who drives out or empties.
evoid
1. To clear out, to empty out.
2. To remove, to get rid of.

Links to related empty, vacant words Related "empty" word units: ceno-; vacu-.