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Definition

avoid and stay away from deliberately

Her bumper sticker says "Eschew obfuscation."

eschew = avoid and stay away from

Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.
She bit off what she should have eschewed.
What cannot be eschew'd must be embrac'd.
William Shakespeare -- The Merry Wives of Windsor
Well may he eschew the calm of domestic life; it is not his element: there his faculties stagnate — they cannot develop or appear to advantage.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
They eschewed any unnecessary sign of wealth.
John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
Zooey turned and looked at her, and—unpredictable young man—made a very dour face, as though he had suddenly eschewed any and all forms of levity.
J.D. Salinger -- Franny and Zooey
I perceived that these ministers of the gospel eschewed all parties with the anxiety attendant upon personal interest.
Alexis de Toqueville -- Democracy In America, Volume 1
Admitting our past faults, modernization, are things we historically eschew.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
No, no, appearances are fooling you, I am the kind of man you should eschew.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere -- Tartuffe
Puller eschewed both and headed up the stairs, taking them two at a time.
David Baldacci -- Zero Day
Henceforth, if one aspired to be considered a member of the Himalayan elite, eschewing bottled oxygen was mandatory.
Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
Mr. Wilcox had eschewed those decorative schemes that wince, and relent, and refrain, and achieve beauty by sacrificing comfort and pluck.
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
Cedric, munching on toast, eschews that idea with a humble nod but is delighted that someone noticed something about him beyond pigment.
Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen
Here was a show that eschewed what turns out to be the most important of all ways of reaching young children.
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
Da Vinci, however, eschewed mathematics and cryptology for a mechanical solution.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
It was never wise for a ruler to eschew the trappings of power, for power itself flows in no small measure from such trappings.
George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
It's a short flight, mostly because the military pilot is happy to eschew comfort in favor of speed.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
They eschewed frippery, except for small, intricate brooches of iron and stone.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
It is characteristic of your years to eschew manly resolve in favor of temporary experimentation with all sorts of standpoints.
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain

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