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evitation

evitation noun: an avoidance.

Noun

evitation (countable and uncountable, plural evitations)

  1. (obsolete) An avoidance.
    • It is certain that in all bodies there is an appetite of union , and evitation of solution of continuity1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for...

Forms of evitation

pluralevitations

Origin of evitation

Latin evitatio.

Questions about evitation

What does evitation mean?
Evitation means an avoidance.
What part of speech is evitation?
Evitation is a noun.
What is the plural of evitation?
The plural of evitation is evitations.

Words near evitation in the dictionary

  1. evitably
  2. evitate
  3. evitated
  4. evitates
  5. evitating
  6. evitation
  7. evitations
  8. evitative
  9. evitative case
  10. evitative cases
  11. evite

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