avoid

verb

1. 1

   To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun

2. 2

   To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from

   “I try to avoid the company of gamblers.”

3. 3

   To try not to do something or to have something happen

4. 4

   To make empty; to clear.

5. 5

   To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).

6. 6

   To defeat or evade; to invalidate.

7. 7

   To emit or throw out; to void.

8. 8

   To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.

9. 9

   To get rid of.

10. 10

    To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.

11. 11

    To become void or vacant.