bearance†; refraining &c v.; inaction &c 681; neutrality.
avoidance, evasion, elusion; seclusion &c 893.
avolation†, flight; escape &c 671; retreat &c 287; recoil &c 277;
departure &c 293; rejection &c 610.
shirker &c v.; truant; fugitive, refugee; runaway, runagate;
maroon.
V. abstain, refrain, spare, not attempt; not do &c 681; maintain the
even tenor of one's way.
eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof
keep off, stand aloof, stand off, hold aloof, hold off; take no part
in, have no hand in.
avoid, shun; steer clear of, keep clear of; fight shy of; keep
one's distance, keep at a respectful distance; keep out of the way, get
out of the way; evade, elude, turn away from; set one's face against &c
(oppose) 708; deny oneself.
shrink back; hang back, hold back, draw back; recoil &c 277;
retire &c (recede) 287; flinch, blink, blench, shy, shirk, dodge,
parry, make way for, give place to.
beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one's back; take to one's heels;
runaway, run for one's life; cut and run; be off like a shot; fly,
flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight, take to flight;
desert, elope; make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer
off; break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away,
make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from,
sheer away from; slip cable, part company, turn one's heel; sneak out
of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave,
slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulat
[U.S.], cut one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels,
make oneself scarce; escape &c 671; go away &c (depart) 293; abandon &c
624; reject &c 610.
lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance; throw off the scent,
play at hide and seek.
Adj. unsought, unattempted; avoiding &c v.; neutral, shy of &c
(unwilling) 603; elusive, evasive; fugitive, runaway; shy, wild.
Adj. lest, in order to avoid.
Int. forbear!, keep off, hands off!, sauve qui peut! [Fr.], every man
for himself! [Fr.Tr.]; devil take the hindmost!,
Phr. things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme [Paradise Lost].