Synonyms for avoidance

evasion, delay, elusion, escape, retreat, abstention, restraint, refraining, forbearance, passive resistance, evasive action, temperance, flight, recoil, nonparticipation, shunning, shirking, sidestepping, eschewal, escape mechanism, slip*, go-by*, brush*, dodge*, duck*.

Antonyms meeting*, encounter, participation.