in order to avoid

Synonyms

lest in case

Antonyms

for to

Examples

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. Sydney Smith

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own tastes. Marcel Duchamp

Optimism has always seemed to me the cunning alibi of egoists, anxious to cover up their state of chronic self-satisfaction. They are optimists in order to avoid pitying other men and their misfortune. ~~ Yet pity is a vexed question. Georges Bernanos

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. Arthur Schopenhauer

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes. Gloria Swanson

Words in the phrase

in order to avoid

Close letter words and terms

in order that in order to in order to achieve in order to be useful to in order to cause harm to in order to deter