Obviation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obviation \Ob`vi*a"tion\, n.
     The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  obviation
       n : the act of preventing something by anticipating and
           disposing of it effectively [syn: {forestalling}, {preclusion}]