act of obviating; anticipation and elimination of a problem or hardship
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Obviation Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
obviation
\ob`vi*a"tion\ (?), n. the act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
Noun
1. the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
(synonym) forestalling, preclusion
(hypernym) prevention, bar
(derivation) obviate, rid of, eliminate
Obviation Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Obviation may refer to:
- A linguistic process involving the obviative case
- Bypass (disambiguation)
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