a. - To empty.
a. - To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
a. - To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
a. - To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
a. - 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.
a. - To get rid of.
a. - 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.
v. i. - To retire; to withdraw.
v. i. - To become void or vacant.