verb/ebiˈtaɾ/
to avoid, to bypass, to evade, to circumvent, to dodge, to shun, to eschew (to steer clear of); to avoid, to prevent, to keep from, to stop from, to avert, to obviate, to deter; to help (abstain from doing) (always in the negative); to spare, to save (to relieve someone having to experience something); to guard against, to ward off
“Después de haberlo evitado muchas horas, acabó por decirnos la verdad.” — After having avoided it for several hours, he ended up telling us the truth.
Synonyms: rehuir, esquivar
Borrowed from Latin ēvītāre whence English inevitable.