Obviation
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The act of
obviating
;
deterrence
or
prevention
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
Word Usage
"This obviation of vengeance in Judges is prompted by"
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
bar
prevention
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
deterrence
overcoming
prevention