Synonyms:
aversion, averting
Meaning: the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"
Synonyms:
averting
Meaning: the act of preventing something from occurring; "averting danger was his responsibility"
Usage examples
On principle and from a political standpoint we must urgently discuss a means of averting civil war. Our brothers are being shot down in the streets!
The bishop, being carried thither by his servants, weak as he was, set about averting by prayer the danger which the strong hands of active men had not been able to overcome with all their exertions.