29
avoid(verb, cancel)
10
elude(verb, support, meet, avoid, escape)
10
avoidance(noun, yielding)
7
evade(verb, meet, show, open, avoid)
7
retreat(noun, verb, avoid, cancel, yielding)
6
surrender(noun, verb, avoid, cancel, yielding)
6
run away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, meet, avoid)
6
yield(noun, verb, avoid, cancel)
6
yielding(noun, domination, audacity, domain, extensiveness)
6
Miss(noun, verb, avoid, cancel)
6
dodge(verb, meet, avoid, cancel)
5
slough off(expression, meet)
4
agreement(noun, calm)
4
cut
4
let go(verb, expression, avoid, cancel)
4
waiver
4
evasion(noun, yielding)
4
regression
4
shun(verb, accept, allow)
3
accord(noun, calm)
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