A*void"ance (?), n.
1.
The act of annulling; annulment.
2.
The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him.
Fuller.
3.
A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
4.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
"The
avoidance of pain."
Beattie.
5.
The courts by which anything is carried off.
Avoidances and drainings of water.
Bacon.
© Webster 1913.