avoidance

évitement

Le fait de rester à l’écart de quelque chose ou de choisir de ne pas le faire.

En anglais simple : The act of staying away from something or choosing not to do it.

• His avoidance of work annoyed us.
• The company was criticized for tax avoidance.
• Her avoidance of eye contact made him uncomfortable.

Comment l'utiliser : avoidance of something (His avoidance of difficult conversations caused problems.)

Synonymes : evasion, shunning

Expressions courantes : tax avoidance, conflict avoidance, avoidance of something