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AVOIDABLE
evitable, avoidable, avertible, avertable
(adjective) capable of being avoided or warded off
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
avoidable (comparative more avoidable, superlative most avoidable)
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Synonyms
• (capable of being vacated): annullable, voidable
• (capable of being avoided): evitable; See also avoidable
Antonyms
• (ALL): inavoidable, unavoidable
• (capable of being vacated): inviolable, unbreakable, unbreachable
• (capable of being avoided): inevitable; See also inevitable
Noun
avoidable (plural avoidables)
Something that can or should be avoided.
Source: Wiktionary
A*void"a*ble, a.
1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.
2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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