to empty.-to emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.-to quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.-to make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.-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.-to get rid of.-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.-to retire; to withdraw.-to become void or vacant.