The act of staying away from people, places, and thoughts that may cause anxiety, pain, or unpleasant feelings. Some types of cancer-related avoidance include refusing to accept a cancer diagnosis or [..]

A smoke emission control strategy that considers meteorological conditions when scheduling prescribed fires in order to avoid incursions into smoke sensitive areas. 

The fact to prevent the degradation before it happens.

A condition in which certain organisms can purposely prolong the amount of time they are dormant as the result of some type of environmental stress.

A risk management technique whereby risk of loss is prevented in its entirety by not engaging in activities that present the risk. For example, a construction firm may decide not to take on environm [..]

late 14c., "action of emptying," from avoid + -ance. Sense of "action of dodging or shunning" is recorded from early 15c.; it also meant "action of making legally invalid,&quo [..]

Keeping away from. Typically used as a risk reduction strategy by adopting a Workaround. [D02397]

Measures taken to avoid creating impacts from the outset, such as careful spatial or temporal placement of elements of infrastructure, in order to completely avoid impacts on certain components of bio [..]

refers to the practice or an instance of keeping away from particular situations, activities, environments, individuals, things, or subjects of thought because of either (a) the anticipated negative c [..]

(n) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

See mitigation.

See Loss Avoidance.

The right of an underwriter, in the event of a breach of good faith or delay in commencement of an insured voyage to step aside from the insurance con¬tract and to treat it as though they had never ac [..]

The right of an Underwriter, in the event of a breach of good faith or delay in commencement of an insured voyage, to step aside from the insurance contract and to treat it as though the never accepte [..]

is any behavior that prevents a negative reinforcer from occurring

See negative reinforcement.

The prevention of an aversive stimulus by a response. In deletion procedures, the response cancels presentations of the aversive stimulus; in postponement procedures, the response only delays presenta [..]

Avoidance describes a performance which increases in frequency because it postpones the appearance of an aversive stimulus. In the classical laboratory experiment, a rat postpones an electric shock fo [..]

Behavior which reduces or eliminates stimuli which in the past have been followed by punishment. The punishment then, does not occur. Avoidance is different from escape we get out of punishment that h [..]

see Loss Avoidance.

The act of staying away from people, places, and thoughts that may cause anxiety, pain, or unpleasant feelings. Some types of cancer-related avoidance include refusing to accept a cancer diagnosis or get treatment, and using alcohol or other drugs to forget about having cancer.

ducking or moving sideways to avoid being hit

a play, usually by declarer, that makes it impossible, difficult or expensive for a particular opponent to gain the lead

A play to prevent a particular opponent from gaining the lead.

(sustainability) the first step in the waste hierarchy where waste generation is prevented (avoided).

A method of dealing with risk (e.g. if a person wanted to avoid the risk of being killed in an airplane crash, he/she might choose never to fly in a plane).

The act of annulling; annulment. 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 o [..]