Word Study
averting
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun averting has 2 senses
- averting(n = noun.act) Array - the act of preventing something from occurring; "averting danger was his responsibility" is a kind of bar, prevention
- averting(n = noun.act) aversion - the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry" is a kind of avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away
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