An archaic or obsolete term for the act of eschewing or avoiding; a variant form of eschewal.
From eschew + -ance (a suffix forming abstract nouns, similar to -ence). The -ance ending is from French/Latin origins. An older variant of the more modern 'eschewal.'
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