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