avoid

Verb

• declare invalid
  • The contract was annulled
    
  • void a plea
    

• refrain from certain foods or beverages
  • I keep off drugs
    
  • During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day
    

• refrain from doing something
  • She refrains from calling her therapist too often
    
  • He should avoid publishing his wife's memories
    

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
  • Let's avoid a confrontation
    
  • head off a confrontation
    
  • avert a strike
    

• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
  • Her former friends now avoid her
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  invalidate , annul , quash , void , nullify , keep off
• Antonyms: 
  validate , formalize , formalise , confront , face up , face