Avoidance
Avoidance noun - The act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable.
Usage example: her congenital avoidance of conflict makes talking about problems with her difficult
Ducking and avoidance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ducking" instead a noun "Avoidance".
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Ducking and Avoidance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoidance/ducking
Avoidance & Ducking. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoidance/ducking>.
Ducking or Avoidance. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoidance/ducking.
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