Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From fra +‎ vike.

Verb edit

fravike (imperative fravik, present tense fraviker, present tense fravikes, simple past fravek or fraveik, past participle fraveket, present participle fravikende)

  1. to depart from, deviate from (not follow the rules or usual course of action)
    • 2016, Spirituell Intelligens (SQ) by Turid Torbergsen, EbnPublish →ISBN [1]
      Etter hennes død i 1997, fravek pave Johannes Paul II den generelle regelen, om at en saligkåringssak ikke kan startes før fem år etter en persons død.
      After her death in 1997, Pope John-Paul II departed from the general rule where a case for beatification cannot be started until five years after a person's death.

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