FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

v (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.

v (transitive|obsolete) To make empty; to clear.

v (transitive|now|_|legal) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).

v (transitive|legal) 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.

v (transitive|obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.

v (transitive|obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.

v (transitive) (obsolete) To get rid of.

v (intransitive|obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.

v (intransitive) (obsolete) To become void or vacant.