Avoid

To empty.

To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.

To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.

To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.

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.

To get rid of.

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.

To retire; to withdraw.

To become void or vacant.