English edit

Etymology edit

non- +‎ avoidance

Noun edit

nonavoidance (uncountable)

  1. Absence of avoidance; failure to avoid something.
    • 2014, Yitzchak M. Binik, Kathryn S. K. Hall, Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy, Fifth Edition, page 186:
      The role of the therapist is to guide the woman (and her partner) through the difficulty of approaching the penetration-related fears, to manage the associated intense fear, and to encourage nonavoidance.