Avoid and Catechize

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Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

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Catechize is an antonym for avoid.

Catechize verb - To put a question or questions to.

Usage example: her roommates catechized her about every detail of her date with her new boyfriend

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Avoid is an antonym for catechize.

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Catechize and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/catechize

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