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OBVIATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does obviation mean?
• OBVIATION (noun)
The noun OBVIATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
Familiarity information: OBVIATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
forestalling; obviation; preclusion
Hypernyms ("obviation" is a kind of...):
bar; prevention (the act of preventing)
Derivation:
obviate (prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening)
obviate (do away with)
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