Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Consort
Consort verb - To come or be together as friends.
Usage example: at college she began consorting with drug users, eventually becoming an addict herself
Both words in one sentence
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She constantly pulls her punches (and even betrays her own minions) in order to avoid killing Kull in the hopes that he will eventually come around and be her consort for all eternity.
Source: Villainesses Want Heroes - In The Love Parade, Queen Louise and Prince-Consort Alfred have to hide the strain in their relationship to avoid a scandal that could ruin the country.
Source: Happy Marriage Charade
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