avoidance

noun6

1. •
   The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
2. •
   (no longer used) 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.
3. •
   (no longer used) The act of annulling; annulment.
4. •
   (no longer used) The act of dismissing a person.
5. •
   (no longer used) The act of quitting a position or benefice.
6. •
   (no longer used) The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.

   • In the Upper Gallery too I wish that there may be, if the Place will yield it, some Fountains running in divers Places from the Wall, with some fine Avoidances. — 1626