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.