Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obviation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obviation \Ob`vi*a"tion\, n.
The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
obviation
n : the act of preventing something by anticipating and
disposing of it effectively [syn: {forestalling}, {preclusion}]
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