ACCOSTING Antonyms

• the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

• deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• refrain from doing something

• refrain from certain foods or beverages

• declare invalid

• a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

• a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)

• a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

• avoid something unpleasant or laborious

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• escape, either physically or mentally

• practice evasion

• use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

• refuse to acknowledge

• bar from attention or consideration

• fail to notice

• give little or no attention to

• be ignorant of or in the dark about

• lack of attention and due care

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected

• willful lack of care and attention

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• fail to attend to

• give little or no attention to

• a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)