vbl. sb. [f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of emptying or getting rid of (obs.), of making void or invalid, of shunning or keeping aloof from; avoidance.
1494. Fabyan, V. lxxxiv. 62. In aduoydyng of gretter daunger.
1586. T. Bright, A Treatise of Melancholie, xiii. 67. For avoiding of rivers of water out of drowned fens.
1627. Lisander & Cal., I. 9. She prevented him … with such premeditated avoidings, that he judged she had knowledge of his designe.
a. 1716. Blackall, Wks. (1723), I. 71. He will not rigorously insist on his Bargain but will … consent to the avoiding it.
