averting

Noun averting has 2 senses

• averting(n = noun.act) - the act of preventing something from occurring; "averting danger was his responsibility"
is a kind of bar, prevention

• averting(n = noun.act) aversion - the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"
is a kind of avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away