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Avoidance \A*void"ance\, n.
1. The act of annulling; annulment.
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2. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant;
-- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming
void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the
incumbent.
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Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's
chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some
one or other clapped in before him. --Fuller.
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3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
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4. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. "The
avoidance of pain." --Beattie.
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5. The courts by which anything is carried off.
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Avoidances and drainings of water. --Bacon.
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