evitation

English

Etymology

Latin evitatio.

Noun

evitation (countable and uncountable, plural evitations)

  1. (obsolete) An avoidance.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      It is certain that in all bodies there is an appetite of union , and evitation of solution of continuity

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