1. (v.) To empty.

2. (v.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.

3. (v.) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.

4. (v.) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.

5. (v.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.

6. (v.) To get rid of.

7. (v.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.

8. (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.

9. (v. i.) To become void or vacant.