Avoid

1. 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.
2. To become void or vacant.
3. To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
4. To get rid of.
5. To empty.
6. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
7. To retire; to withdraw.
8. To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
9. 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.